...... now considered a standard treatment in India for patients with metastatic colon cancer, despite trials showing that it improves median survival by only 6 weeks ..... in many parts of India, there aren't enough pathologists to test a woman's breast cancer for the oestrogen receptor. ..... would enable many thousands of women ....... increases the cure rate of breast cancer by 10%.
... considerable uncertainty about the cost-effectiveness of proton-beam therapy, there are plans to install at least 18 such machines across Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Each machine costs around $140 million12. These same countries currently have an average deficit of around 60% in both human resources and equipment for basic radiotherapy, which is much more effective in increasing cure rates and relieving suffering13.
..... must not insist on replicating models established in high-income countries.....
...... now considered a standard treatment in India for patients with metastatic colon cancer, despite trials showing that it improves median survival by only 6 weeks ..... in many parts of India, there aren't enough pathologists to test a woman's breast cancer for the oestrogen receptor. ..... would enable many thousands of women ....... increases the cure rate of breast cancer by 10%.
... considerable uncertainty about the cost-effectiveness of proton-beam therapy, there are plans to install at least 18 such machines across Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Each machine costs around $140 million12. These same countries currently have an average deficit of around 60% in both human resources and equipment for basic radiotherapy, which is much more effective in increasing cure rates and relieving suffering13.
..... must not insist on replicating models established in high-income countries.....
...... now considered a standard treatment in India for patients with metastatic colon cancer, despite trials showing that it improves median survival by only 6 weeks ..... in many parts of India, there aren't enough pathologists to test a woman's breast cancer for the oestrogen receptor. ..... would enable many thousands of women ....... increases the cure rate of breast cancer by 10%.
... considerable uncertainty about the cost-effectiveness of proton-beam therapy, there are plans to install at least 18 such machines across Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Each machine costs around $140 million12. These same countries currently have an average deficit of around 60% in both human resources and equipment for basic radiotherapy, which is much more effective in increasing cure rates and relieving suffering13.
..... must not insist on replicating models established in high-income countries.....