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Cancer screening in the developing world : case studies and strategies from the field / edited by Madelon L. Finkel, PhD.

Contributor(s): Finkel, Madelon Lubin, 1949- [editor.].
Series: Geisel series in global health and medicine: Publisher: Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press, ©2018Description: xv, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781512602517 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Early Detection of Cancer | Developing Countries | Organizational Case StudiesGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Global burden of disease : a short overview / Madelon L. Finkel -- The benefits and challenges of population-based screening in low- and middle-income countries / Madelon L. Finkel -- Challenges in screening for cervical cancer : sharing experiences from India / Shobha S. Krishnan -- Educate, screen, and treat program for cervical cancer in rural Tamil Nadu, India / Biswajit Paul and Rita Isaac -- Delivering a screen and treat program in rural Malawi : the Nkhoma story / Christine Campbell and Heather A. Cubie -- A national cervical cancer screening program in Haiti / Kaitlin McCurdy, Grace Tillyard, Joseph Bernard, and Vincent DeGennaro Jr. -- Case study : introducing PCR testing for high-risk HPV in Honduras / Linda S. Kennedy and Gregory J. Tsongalis -- Oral cancer screening in low- and middle-income countries / A. Ross Kerr, Shelly Arora, and Paul M. Speight -- Mobile health for cancer care and control in low- and middle-income countries : leveraging the power of mobile technology to improve cancer outcomes / Shreya Bhatt and Jay Evans -- The case for the integration of palliative care in health care systems / Liz Grant -- Thoughts going forward / Madelon L. Finkel.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Global burden of disease : a short overview / Madelon L. Finkel -- The benefits and challenges of population-based screening in low- and middle-income countries / Madelon L. Finkel -- Challenges in screening for cervical cancer : sharing experiences from India / Shobha S. Krishnan -- Educate, screen, and treat program for cervical cancer in rural Tamil Nadu, India / Biswajit Paul and Rita Isaac -- Delivering a screen and treat program in rural Malawi : the Nkhoma story / Christine Campbell and Heather A. Cubie -- A national cervical cancer screening program in Haiti / Kaitlin McCurdy, Grace Tillyard, Joseph Bernard, and Vincent DeGennaro Jr. -- Case study : introducing PCR testing for high-risk HPV in Honduras / Linda S. Kennedy and Gregory J. Tsongalis -- Oral cancer screening in low- and middle-income countries / A. Ross Kerr, Shelly Arora, and Paul M. Speight -- Mobile health for cancer care and control in low- and middle-income countries : leveraging the power of mobile technology to improve cancer outcomes / Shreya Bhatt and Jay Evans -- The case for the integration of palliative care in health care systems / Liz Grant -- Thoughts going forward / Madelon L. Finkel.

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