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A nationwide pilot study on breast cancer screening in Peru

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Araujo, Jhajaira M., Gómez, Andrea C., Zingg-De Jongh, Winston, Ausejo, Jhon, Córdova, Iván, Schwarz, Luis J., Bretel, Denisse, Fajardo, Williams, Saravia-Huarca, Luis G., Barboza-Meca, Joshuan, Morante, Zaida, Guillén, Juan R., Gómez, Henry, Cárdenas, Nadezhda K., Hernández, Lady, Melo, Walter, Villarreal-Garza, Cynthia, Caglevic, Christian, Palacio, Carolina, García, Héctor, Mejía, Gerson, Flores, Claudio, Vallejos, Carlos, Pinto, Joseph A.

Publicado 2023

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“Introduction: A high prevalence of advanced breast cancer (BC) is a common scenario in Latin America. In Peru, the frequency of BC at Stages III/IV is ≈50% despite implementation of a programme for breast cancer screening (BCS) along the country. We carried out a study to assess the feasibility and develop an instrument to evaluate the knowledge, barriers and perception about BCS in a nationwide pilot study in Peru among candidates for BCS. Methods: We conducted a systematic review of 2,558 reports indexed in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Medline-Ovid and EMBASE, regarding to our study theme. In total, 111 were selected and a 51-items survey was developed (eight items about sociodemographic characteristics). Patients were recruited in public hospitals or private clinics, in rural and urban areas of nine departments of Peru. Results: We surveyed 488 women from: Lima (150), Cajamarc...