title: Cancer screening and prevention in low-resource settings.
abstract: Less-developed-region countries (LDCs) are seeing a rapid rise in cancer incidence owing to changing lifestyles, infections, environmental carcinogens and increasing longevity. LDCs have poor resources to deal with cancers, leading to high mortality rates. Investment in nationally implementable and sustainable cancer prevention and screening strategies would be more appropriate for LDCs. This Science and Society article outlines the burden of preventable cancers in selected LDCs and discusses evidence on cost-effective and widely implementable prevention and screening strategies.
authors.affiliation: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York, New York 10461, USA.
authors.forename: Aditi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shastri
authors.affiliation: Tata Memorial Centre, Preventive Oncology, Ernest Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai, 400012, India.
authors.forename: Surendra Srinivas
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Shastri
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010808:Physical Examination; D000074606:Smoking Prevention