Challenges to Bringing Personalized Medicine to a Low-Resource Setting in Peru.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 18(4)2021 02 04.
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| ID: mdl-33557277
ABSTRACT
We provide an overview of the challenges that low-resource setting cities are facing, including a lack of global implementation of cancer screening programs, accurate data and statistics that may aid the health authorities and guide future public health activities, as well as reorient strategies, interventions and budgets to promote lifestyles that help prevent disease. Current cancer care does not fully reflect ethnic, cultural, environmental and resource differences. Herein, we described a snapshot of the cancer mortality and morbidity from a hospital that cares a rural and low-income population from Peru, called Chimbote (316,966 inhabitants) and showed the limitation of access to oncological care and genetic services. The city is located in the region of Ancash, which is a department of Northern Peru. Of note, we identified a greater proportion of cancer cases than previously described, with a young age of onset and differential profile of the most frequent cancers. With the emergence of increasingly effective interventions, it becomes paramount that populations living in resource-limited settings have access to cancer services and participate in genetics and genomic research.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
População Rural
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Medicina de Precisão
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Peru
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Environ Res Public Health
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Peru