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Table 2 Tracer indicators in respective domains of cancer services

From: Assessing service availability and readiness to manage cervical cancer in Bangladesh

Domains

Tracer Items

Staff and guideline

Oncologists

Palliative care specialist

Trained Nurse

Guideline a

Training a

Equipment

Beds available for cancer patients

Speculum a

Diagnostic facility

Acetic Acid a

Sputum for Cytology

Stool occult blood test (OBT)

Cancer antigen 15.3 (CA 15.3)

Cancer antigen 19.9 (CA 19.9)

Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)

Cancer antigen 125 (CA125)

Alpha Keto Protein

Endoscopy of upper gastrointestinal tract

Colonoscopy

Pituitary tumor-transforming gene 1-binding factor (PBF)

Bone Marrow Study

Biopsy for Histopathology

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC)

Medicines

Hydrocortisone

Pheniramine

Ondanseron

Haloperidol

Morphin injection

Morphin tablet

Lorazepam

Hyoscine butylebromide

Broad Spectrum Antibiotics

Chemotherapeutic drugs

  1. a cervical cancer specific tracer items