Improving equity in access to early diagnosis of cancer: implementation research in different healthcare systems of Latin America (EquityCancer-LA)

Project Information

EquityCancer-LA

Grant agreement ID: 965226

DOI

10.3030/965226

EC signature date 25 January 2021

Start date 1 May 2021

End date 31 October 2026

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and well-being

Total cost

€ 2 998 688,75

EU contribution

€ 2 998 688,75

Coordinated by

CONSORCI DE SALUT I D'ATENCIO SOCIAL DE CATALUNYA
Spain

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (5)

Setting up of the International Scientific Committee

Contact details of the Committee members will be provided

Setting up of the International Ethics Committee

Contact details of the Committee members will be provided

Setting up of the Project Management Committee

The Project Management Committee will be set up at the beginning of the project Contact details of Commitee members will be provided

Plan of analysis for intra-country evaluation of the intervention

Plan of analysis of the intervention implementation process and contextual effectiveness, including its economic analysis, in each country [M24].

Plan for the dissemination and exploitation of the project's results

Description of the dissemination plan of the projects results that will include objectives dissemination strategy phases and activities M3

Other (1)

Project web site

A web site for the dissemination of the project and its results, as well as to foster information exchange among project partners [M6].

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan

The Data Management Plan will detail the type of data the project will generate how it will be exploited and how and when will it be made accessible for verification and reuse among other relevant aspects

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (5)

Improving equity in access to early diagnosis of cancer in different healthcare systems of Latin America: protocol for the EquityCancer-LA implementation-effectiveness hybrid study

Author(s): Vázquez ML, Vargas I, Rubio-Valera M, Aznar-Lou I, Eguiguren P, Mogollón-Pérez AS, Torres AL, Peralta A, Dias S, Smith Jervelund S
Published in: BMJ Open, Issue 12, 2022, ISSN 2044-6055
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067439

Understanding the health system drivers of delayed cancer diagnosis in public healthcare networks of Chile, Colombia and Ecuador: A qualitative study with health professionals, managers and policymakers

Author(s): Ingrid Vargas, Amparo-Susana Mogollón-Pérez, Pamela Eguiguren, Ana-Lucía Torres, Andrés Peralta, Maria Rubio-Valera, Signe Smith Jervelund, Josep M. Borras, Sónia Dias, María-Luisa Vázquez, M.L. Vazquez, Aida Oliver, Verónica Espinel, Zahara Fernández, Ignacio Aznar-Lou, Paula Arroyo-Uriarte, Montserrat Gil-Girbau, Antoni Serrano-Blanco, María Luisa Garmendia, Ana María Oyarce, Camilo B
Published in: Social Science & Medicine, Issue 365, 2025, Page(s) 117499, ISSN 0277-9536
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117499

Socioeconomic position and cancer stage at diagnosis in a fragmented Latin American health system

Author(s): Camilo Guerrero-Nancuante, Pamela Eguiguren, Isabel Abarca-Baeza, María Luisa Garmendia
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-24564-w

Healthcare stakeholders’ perspectives on coordinating cancer diagnosis in Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador

Author(s): Olivia Oturai, Amparo-Susana Mogollón-Pérez, Pamela Eguiguren, Ana-Lucía Torres Castillo, Alejandro Andrés Peralta-Chiriboga, Maria Rubio-Valera, Sónia Dias, Signe S Jervelund
Published in: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Issue 50, 2026, Page(s) 1, ISSN 1020-4989
Publisher: Pan American Health Organization/Organizacion Panamericana de la Salud
DOI: 10.26633/rpsp.2026.3

Delays and detours during cancer diagnosis: a cross-sectional study on patient pathways and provider intervals in public healthcare networks of Chile, Colombia and Ecuador

Author(s): María-Luisa Vázquez, Pamela Eguiguren, Amparo-Susana Mogollón-Pérez, Andrés Peralta, Josep M Borràs, Ignacio Aznar-Lou, Signe Smith Jervelund, Carol Cardozo, Samar Benthami-Zarhouni, Iván Dueñas-Espín, María Luisa Garmendia, Sónia Dias, Ingrid Vargas
Published in: BMC Cancer, Issue 26, 2026, ISSN 1471-2407
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-026-15737-5