RT Journal Article
T1 Breast Cancer Treatment in Integrated Care Process in Andalusia: The Challenge of Multidisciplinarity
A1 Rodríguez Reinado, Carmen
A1 Delgado Parrilla, Ana
A1 Alguacil Ojeda, Juan
AB Despite the increasing trend in the incidence of breast cancer in recent decades, mortality hasdecreased in developed countries. The general objective of the study is to analyse the functioning andorganisation of the care process for breast cancer treatment in Andalusia (Spain) in order to identifypossible barriers and facilitators that may be affecting its effectiveness and, therefore, the survival ofthe disease. A qualitative method was adopted based on 19 semi-structured interviews with healthprofessionals from different specialities in two Andalusian provinces: Huelva (mortality rate higherthan the national average) and Granada (mortality rate similar to the national average). Resultsshow the existence of barriers (seasonal delays, low frequency of multidisciplinary meetings, lack ofhuman and technical resources, difficulties in accessing treatment in certain populations, etc.) andfacilitators (creation of multidisciplinary units and committees for breast pathology, standardisationof treatments, assignment of professionals with preferential attention to breast pathology, etc.) in thecare process of breast cancer treatment. The combination of these barriers can have an impact on theaccessibility, quality, and efficacy of the treatment, and in the long term, on survival from the disease
PB MDPI
SN 1661-7827
SN 1660-4601 (electrónico)
YR 2022
FD 2022-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/21560
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/21560
LA eng
NO Rodríguez-Reinado, C., Delgado-Parrilla, A., & Alguacil, J. (2022). Breast Cancer Treatment in Integrated Care Process in Andalusia: The Challenge of Multidisciplinarity. In International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Vol. 19, Issue 19, p. 12728). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912728
NO This research was funded by the Spanish Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Competitiveness In Spain, in the call for health research projects with file number PI17/02286. It has also beenfinanced with Operational program FEDER Andalusia 2014–2020 with the file number UHU 202077.The authors wish to thank all professionals participating in this study and LucíaMorales del Olmo for administrative support
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026