State of Cancer Control in South America: Challenges and Advancement Strategies

Ivy Riano; Ana I Velazquez; Lucia Viola; Inas Abuali; Kathya Jimenez; Oyepeju Abioye; Narjust Florez

doi:10.1016/j.hoc.2023.05.013

State of Cancer Control in South America: Challenges and Advancement Strategies

Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2024 Feb;38(1):55-76. doi: 10.1016/j.hoc.2023.05.013. Epub 2023 Jun 21.

Authors

Ivy Riano¹, Ana I Velazquez², Lucia Viola³, Inas Abuali⁴, Kathya Jimenez⁵, Oyepeju Abioye⁶, Narjust Florez⁷

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hematology and Oncology, Dartmouth Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine Dartmouth, One Medical Drive, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA. Electronic address: Ivy.riano@dartmouth.edu.
² Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/AnaVManana.
³ Fundación Neumológica Colombiana, Centro de Tratamiento e Investigación Sobre Cáncer Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo (CTIC), Cra. 13b #161 - 85, Bogotá, Colombia. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/LuciaViola9.
⁴ Division of Hematology and Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/Inas_md.
⁵ Universidad Evangelica de El Salvador, El Salvador. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/KathyaJimenezMD.
⁶ University of the Witwatersrand, School of Public Health, Johannesburg, South Africa. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/AbioyeOyepeju.
⁷ Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard School of Medicine, 450 Brookline Avenue - DA1230, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/NarjustFlorezMD.

PMID: 37353378
DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2023.05.013

Abstract

Cancer is a major public health problem in South America. The cancer mortality burden is increasing in the region due to its presentation at later stages, which is related to limited access to cancer care. This results in a noticeable inequity in provisions of cancer care including specialized screening programs, as well as cancer-related treatments such as personalized medicine, radiation therapy, palliative care, and survivorship services. Consequently, South America faces many challenges for cancer control, most of them deriving from a lack of funding and unequal distribution of resources and cancer services, affecting mostly the underserved populations in the region.

Keywords: Cancer control; Cancer prevention; Cancer screening programs; Cancer strategies; Latin America; Primary prevention; South America.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Delivery of Health Care*
Humans
Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Neoplasms* / epidemiology
Neoplasms* / therapy
Palliative Care
South America / epidemiology