A six-year study of the clinical presentation of cervical cancer and the management challenges encountered at a state teaching hospital in southeast Nigeria

Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 151-158

  Eze, Justus N ^a,b   Emeka Irem, Esther N ^b   Edegbe, Felix O ^a,b  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cancer related deaths; Cervical cancer; Late presentation; Management challenges; Referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; NIGERIA; OCCUPATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PARITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WIDOW;

EID: 84879827994     PISSN: 11795549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/CMO.S12017     Document Type: Article

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