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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Oncol. 2021 Aug 17;22(9):1301–1311. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00403-4

Table 4:

Policy scenarios to scale-up availability of treatment/imaging modalities to the mean level of high-income countries

Scale-up to mean of high-income countries
Cumulative
Scale-up
Scenarios
Treatment Imaging Estimated global
breast cancer 5-
year net survival
(%), mean (95% UI)
Chemo-
therapy
Radio-
therapy
Surgery Targeted
therapy
Quality
of care
Ultra-
sound
X-ray CT MRI SPECT PET
Baseline (status quo) 67·9 (62·9-73·4)
+ Treatment (traditional) X X X 74·4 (69·9-78·2)
+ Imaging (traditional) X X X X X 75·6 (70·6-79·4)
+ Quality X X X X X X 78·2 (74·9-80·4)
+ Targeted Therapy X X X X X X X 79·1 (75·7-81·4)
+ CT X X X X X X X X 79·6 (76·3-82·1)
+ MRI X X X X X X X X X 80·6 (76·3-82·1)
+ SPECT X X X X X X X X X X 81·2 (78·7-84·2)
+ PET X X X X X X X X X X X 82·3 (79·3-85·0)