Background Materials
- World Cancer Report 2008 Edited by Peter Boyle and Bernard Levin
- Conference Summary Document by Felicia Marie Knaul
- Breakaway: The global burden of cancer: challenges and opportunities A report from the Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by Livestrong
- Participatory Panel on Public Health Priorities: "Breast Cancer in Developing Countries: An Unforeseen Public Health Priority" held at the Harvard School of Public Health on April 14, 2009
- Breast cancer danger rising in developing countries, Harvard University Gazette, April 16, 2009
- She turned a diagnosis to a cause: Breast cancer survivor began Mexico project, Boston Globe, April 14, 2009
- Jamison et. al, 2006, "Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries", Second edition, Disease Control Priorities Project, World Bank and Oxford University Press.
- Knaul F, Bustreo F, Ha E, Langer A. Breast Cancer: Why link early detection to reproductive health interventions in developing countries? Salud Publica Mex 2009;51 supl 2:S220-S227.
- Porter, P. 2008 "Westernizing Women's Risk? Breast Cancer in Lower Income Countries", New England Journal of Medicine No. 358; 213-216.
- IARC, OMS Globocan 2002 (www.iarc.fr).
- Frenk, J. Editorial: Sensibilización, detección temprana y combate a los prejuicios. Claves en la lucha contra el cáncer de mama, Salud Publica Mex 2009;51 suppl 2:S135-S137.
- Knaul FM, Nigenda G, Lozano R, Arreola-Ornelas H, et al, Breast Cancer in Mexico: a pressing priority, Reproductive Health Matters 2008;16(32):113-123.
- Nigenda G, Caballero M, González-Robledo LM. Access barriers in early diagnosis of breast cancer in the Federal District and Oaxaca. Salud Publica Mex 2009;51 suppl 2:S254-S262.
- Mohar A, Bargalló E, Ramírez MT, Lara F, Beltrán-Ortega A. Available resources for the treatment of breast cancer in Mexico. Salud Publica Mex 2009;51 suppl 2:S263-S269.