Delays in breast cancer presentation and diagnosis at two rural cancer referral centers in Rwanda

Oncologist

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 780-788

  Pace, Lydia E ^a,b   Mpunga, Tharcisse ^c   Hategekimana, Vedaste ^c   Dusengimana, Jean Marie Vianney ^d   Habineza, Hamissy ^d   Bigirimana, Jean Bosco ^d   Mutumbira, Cadet ^c   Mpanumusingo, Egide ^c   Ngiruwera, Jean Paul ^d   Tapela, Neo ^a,b,d   Amoroso, Cheryl ^d   Shulman, Lawrence N ^b,d,e   Keating, Nancy L ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

^d PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^e DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Breast cancer; Delays; Early detection; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RWANDA; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84936885661     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2014-0493     Document Type: Article

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