Task Shifting and Skin Punch for the Histologic Diagnosis of Kaposi's Sarcoma in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Public Health Solution to a Public Health Problem

Oncology (Switzerland)

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 60-65

  Laker Oketta, Miriam O ^a,e   Wenger, Megan ^e   Semeere, Aggrey ^a   Castelnuovo, Barbara ^a   Kambugu, Andrew ^a   Lukande, Robert ^b   Asirwa, F Chite ^d,f   Busakhala, Naftali ^d   Buziba, Nathan ^d   Diero, Lameck ^d   Wools Kaloustian, Kara ^f   Strother, Robert Matthew ^g   Bwana, Mwebesa ^c   Muyindike, Winnie ^c   Amerson, Erin ^e   Mbidde, Edward ^a   Maurer, Toby ^e   Martin, Jeffrey ^e  

^a MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^d MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Canterbury Regional Cancer and Haematology Service   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV AIDS; Kaposi's sarcoma; Skin punch biopsy; Task shifting

Indexed keywords

GELFOAM; SUTURE MATERIAL;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY BLADE; BIOPSY DEVICE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN PUNCH BIOPSY; STAFF TRAINING; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION; ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUNCTURE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUNCTURES; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84931261624     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: 14230232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000375165     Document Type: Article

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