Project ECHO: A Telementoring Program for Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment in Low-Resource Settings
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Project ECHO: A Telementoring Program for Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment in Low-Resource Settings
Cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates are significantly higher in low- and middle-income countries compared with the United States and other developed countries. This disparity is caused by decreased access to screening, often coupled with low numbers of trained providers offering cancer prevention and treatment services. However, similar disparities are also found in underserved areas ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Global Oncology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2378-9506
DOI: 10.1200/jgo.2016.005504