IGCS Fellowship Annual Report - Report - Page 4
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The Need for
Specialty
Training
There is a severe shortage of phsycians and
surgeons, especially those with specialty training
in treating gynecologic malignacies in LMICs. Africa
and southeast Asia are particularly underserved.
Increases in screening will result in many
women being diagnosed with precancerous
lesions and early stage disease. There is
therefore an urgent need to train more
providers to provide curative surgery,
radiotherapy and chemotherapy as well as
palliative care when a cure is not possible.
There is a severe shortage of physicians and
surgeons in LMICs, especially those with
specialty training in treating gynecologic
malignancies in LMICs. Africa and southeast
Asia are particularly underserved.
focuses on a model of cancer care based in
a high-resource care setting, little of which
resembles care in their home institution,
region, or resource setting.
This dire need is present in many regions
of the world, leaving women without the
specialty care they need for the prevention
and adequate treatment of cervical cancer
and other gynecologic malignancies.
Few physicians in LMICs have access
to sub-specialty training in gynecologic
oncology and are therefore not equipped
to address the overwhelming need in
their communities. Furthermore, training
opportunities when they are available are
costly and involve physicians from LMICs
traveling to regions of the world that have
formal training programs. The training usually
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