Downstaging breast cancer in uzbekistan: Aligning national early-detection strategy with the WHO global breast cancer initiative

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy among women worldwide, yet its burden is distributed unequally: survival is shaped less by incidence than by the stage at which the disease is detected and the speed with which treatment begins. This thesis examines the problem of late-stage presentation in Uzbekistan through the lens of the World Health Organization Global Breast Cancer Initiative (GBCI) and proposes a phased, resource-adapted model of early detection suited to the national health system.