Author:
Zehra Talat,Parwani Anil,Abdul-Ghafar Jamshid,Ahmad Zubair
Abstract
AbstractLow- and middle-income countries (LMICs) represent a big source of data not only for endemic diseases but also for neoplasms. Data is the fuel which drives the modern era. Data when stored in digital form can be used for constructing disease models, analyzing disease trends and predicting disease outcomes in various demographic regions of the world. Most labs in developing countries don’t have resources such as whole slide scanners or digital microscopes. Owing to severe financial constraints and lack of resources, they don’t have the capability to handle large amounts of data. Due to these issues, precious data cannot be saved and utilized properly. However, digital techniques can be adopted even in low resource settings with significant financial constraints. In this review article, we suggest some of the options available to pathologists in developing countries which can enable them to start their digital journey and move forward despite resource-poor health system.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
General Medicine,Histology,Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Reference27 articles.
1. Statistica. 1992, Germany, accesses on 15 October 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/237584/distribution-of-the-world-population-by-continent/.
2. Hassell LA. Solutions for the looming cancer wave in the developing world: moving from compassion to commerce. Clin Oncol. 2019;4:1573.
3. IARC. 2021, World Health Organization, accessed on 16 October2021, https://gco.iarc.fr/.
4. Sung H, Ferlay J, Siegel RL, Laversanne M, Soerjomataram I, Jemal A, Bray F. Global cancer statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries. CA: a cancer journal for clinicians. 2021 May; 71(3):209–49.1.
5. Zehra T, Shabbir A. Adoption of Digital Pathology in Developing Countries: From Benefits to Challenges. Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons–Pakistan: JCPSP. 2021 Sep 1; 31(9):1120–2.
Cited by
9 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献