Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA.
Medical Oncology Division, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Av. de Córdoba, s/n, 28041, Madrid, Spain.
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2024 Feb;38(1):35-53. doi: 10.1016/j.hoc.2023.07.007. Epub 2023 Aug 17.
Central America and the Caribbean is a highly heterogeneous region comprising more than 30 countries and territories with more than 200 million inhabitants. Although recent advances in the region have improved access to cancer care, there are still many disparities and barriers for obtaining high-quality cancer treatments, particularly for those from disadvantaged populations, immigrants, and rural areas. In this article, we provide an overview of cancer care in Central America and the Caribbean, with selected examples of issues related to disparities in access to care and suggest solutions and strategies to move forward.
中美洲和加勒比地区是一个高度多样化的地区，由 30 多个国家和地区组成，拥有超过 2 亿居民。尽管该地区最近在改善癌症治疗服务方面取得了进展，但仍存在许多不平等和障碍，特别是对于那些来自弱势群体、移民和农村地区的人来说，他们难以获得高质量的癌症治疗。本文概述了中美洲和加勒比地区的癌症护理情况，并选取了一些与获得护理机会不平等相关的问题示例，提出了解决方案和前进策略。
