Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://ninho.inca.gov.br/jspui/handle/123456789/4788
Title: Can innovation increase the therapeutic options but accentuate the inequalities in the healthcare system?
Authors: Melo, Andreia Cristina de
Lage, Ana Paula Drummond
Veiga, Cassia Rita Pereira da
Veiga, Claudimar Pereira da
Wainstein, Alberto Julius Alves
Keywords: Terapêutica
Therapeutics
Disparidades nos Níveis de Saúde
Health Status Disparities
Sistemas de Saúde
Health Systems
Issue Date: 2020
Publisher: Journal of Cancer Policy
Citation: MELO, Andreia Cristina de et al. Can innovation increase the therapeutic options but accentuate the inequalities in the healthcare system? Journal of Cancer Policy, v. 25, p. 1-4, 2020.
Abstract: Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer, and pre 2011 the prognosis of metastatic melanoma was very poor. In developing countries, such as Brazil, a vast majority of patients do not have access to the op portunity of an early, curative melanoma approach and this leads to metastatic disease. In this sense, the purpose of this paper is to illustrate the distinct lack of access to innovative melanoma treatments, based on im munotherapy and target therapy, in the public and private health sectors in Brazil. We analyzed the Brazilian health regulatory system and the incorporation of health technologies in the public and private health settings. At present, for patients being treated within the public health system, only dacarbazine is available. Whereas, immune-oncology agents and target therapies are available for patients being treated within the private health sector. In this scenario, we concluded that the introduction of innovations could accentuate the existing in equalities in the delivery of healthcare in Brazil.
Description: p. 1-4.: il. color.
URI: http://sr-vmlxaph03:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/4788
ISSN: 2213-5383
Appears in Collections:Artigos de Periódicos da área de Ginecologia



Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.