Mona Saraiya

TL;DR: Evaluating the funding, cost, and labor resources used to perform the cancer registry operations in Nairobi County for two annual periods between July 2012 and June 2014 found stable funding is necessary to sustain core registry activities in other to deliver high-quality data, which in turn is needed to foster evidence-based policies to improve cancer outcomes.

TL;DR: The perception that patients benefit from cervical cancer screening administered by gynecologists may deter screening in primary care settings, resulting in missed opportunities to offer screening to women who are never or rarely screened.

TL;DR: It has been well documented in this book and elsewhere that skin cancer is a significant and, in many parts of the world, growing health problem (see Chapters 1 and 5).

TL;DR: Although the national cervical cancer screening program in Thailand appears to be close to reaching its national targets, the causes of lower coverage in some subpopulations need to be identified so that targeted interventions can be developed to increase coverage in these groups.

TL;DR: Significant agreement that the HPV test administered alone is an effective cervical cancer screening modality was widespread among providers in both 2009 and 2012, however implementation of guidelines for screening with the HPV Test may be influenced by many other factors including reimbursement and patient preferences.