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Screening: National Breast Cancer Early Detection Program

Primary Purpose: To reduce mortality from breast cancer by 15-25%, to detect breast cancer in the initial stage in the highest possible percentage, and to improve the quality of life of breast cancer patients.

Data level: National level.

Contact information: Information [1].

Resource: ESMO Patient Guides

Sponsor, manager or home institution: European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO).

Primary purpose: Provide patients, their relatives and caregivers guides to better understand complex medical information about different types of cancer.

Available guides: Cancer Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic; Side Effects Associated with Immunotherapy and Their Management; Personalized Medicine in Oncology; Life with Cancer; Breast Cancer; Ovarian Cancer; Cervical Cancer.

Type of information: Laymen-directed descriptions of specific cancers, their causes, diagnoses, treatment, screening, and side effects, among other relevant information for patients, their relatives and caregivers.

Access to information: Patient Guides [2].

Quality of Life and Palliative Care Research

List of Articles: Quality of Life [3] and Palliative Care [4].