Identifying important breast cancer control strategies in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East/North Africa

Table 5 Propensity to discuss each dimension by region

	Asia N = 97	Latin Am N = 46	ME/NA N = 39	Aus/Can N = 39	p value
Building capacity (%)
Science and research	51.5	50.0	56.4	46.2	0.84
Skilled nurses	50.5	41.3	51.3	38.5	0.48
Research infrastructure	29.9^a	58.7^b	30.8^{a, b}	41.0^{a, b}	0.01
National statistics	26.8^a	37.0^{a, b}	51.3^{a, b}	56.4^b	0.003
Public education	42.3	47.8	46.2	33.3	0.56
Developing evidence (%)
Study of local etiology	23.7	37.0	28.2	33.3	0.38
Personalized therapy	36.1^a	82.6^b	20.5^a	48.7^a	< 0.001
Developing guidelines	23.7^a	47.8^b	12.8^a	51.3^b	< 0.001
International networks	52.6^{a, b}	63.0^b	30.8^a	66.7^b	0.01
Local communication	36.1^a	34.8^a	10.3^b	56.4^a	< 0.001
Removing barriers (%)
Out-of-pocket costs	38.1^{a, b}	47.8^b	10.3^c	20.5^{a, c}	< 0.001
Disparities in access	37.1^{a, c}	69.6^b	23.1^a	53.8^{b, c}	< 0.001
High cost to payers	42.3	56.5	38.5	53.8	0.22
Early detection	45.4	50.0	46.2	41.0	0.88
Reimbursement	43.3^{a, b}	45.7^{a, b}	28.2^b	61.5^a	0.03
Promoting advocacy (%)
Patient empowerment	26.8^a	39.1^{a, b}	23.1^{a, b}	53.8^b	0.008
Managing survivorship	12.4^a	17.4^a	0.0^b	33.3^a	0.004
Quality of life	19.6	28.3	20.5	33.3	0.31
Metastatic disease	36.1	26.1	33.3	28.2	0.63
Organized advocacy	13.4^{a, c}	43.5^b	28.2^c	5.1^a	< 0.001

Based on the Mariscuillo multiple comparisons procedure [21, 22], common superscripts ^{a, b, c} reflect paired comparisons that are not statistically different, while pairs that are statistically different do not share the same superscript.

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