[Comment] Evidence-based methods to address disparities in global cancer control: the development of guidelines in Asia
The Lancet Oncology
Comprehensive cancer guidelines incorporate high-level evidence to provide guidance for clinical management by integrating ideal strategies for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment. However, optimum management strategies defined in guidelines from wealthy countries cannot be fully implemented in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) because of substantial resource constraints. Clinicians from LMICs with awareness of optimum guidelines feel conflicted, unable to provide ideal therapy, and forced to devise suboptimum solutions.
Original Article: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(13)70496-0/fulltext?rss=yes
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