Stage at diagnosis and stage-specific survival of breast cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Stage at diagnosis and stage-specific survival of breast cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND:Female breast cancer is the most common cancer in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries and is the leading cause of cancer deaths. The high mortality-to-incidence ratio in the regions is associated with mainly the high proportion of advanced stage diagnosis, and also to inadequate...

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Main Authors: Lívia Lovato Pires de Lemos, Mirian Carvalho de Souza, Daniela Pena Moreira, Paulo Henrique Ribeiro Fernandes Almeida, Brian Godman, Stéphane Verguet, Augusto Afonso Guerra, Mariangela Leal Cherchiglia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224012

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224012

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