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Factors associated with completeness in documentation of diagnostic work-up and treatment in patients with breast cancer in Sudan
Purpose: This study evaluates the relationship between geography and ethnicity on the completeness of documentation of diagnostic work-up and treatment …
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Scaling up availability, accessibility, quality and equity – highlights from the 4th Uganda conference on cancer and palliative care, held in Kampala, Uganda
The 4th Uganda Conference on Cancer and Palliative Care was held from the 14 th -15 th September 2023.It was …
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Cervical cancer prevention methods: awareness and use among urban Ghanaian women in Cape Coast, West Africa
Background: Cervical cancer is the fourth most frequent malignancy and common cause of mortality in women worldwide, despite being one …
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Determinants of breast cancer in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the first leading cancer sharing about 25% of the cancer burden among women globally. This …
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Immediate lymph node extraction improves retrieval rate following axillary lymph node dissection: an effective approach to improving guideline-concordant breast cancer care in Nigeria
Background: Axillary lymph node staging is essential for making therapeutic decisions and for prognostication.A minimum of ten lymph nodes is …
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Awareness and practice of breast self-examination among female staff at Babcock University, Nigeria
Background: Despite the ever-growing breast cancer awareness campaigns in Nigeria, the practice of breast self-examination (BSE) continues to vary widely …
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EGFR and HER2 expression in cervical cancer patients in Ibadan, Nigeria
Cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in developing countries, including Nigeria where it is the second most …
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Antenatal and postnatal cervical precancer screening to increase coverage: experience from Battor, Ghana
Background: Cervical precancer screening in low-resource settings is largely opportunistic with low coverage.Many women in these settings, where the burden …
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Assessment of barriers to optimal cancer control in adult cancer treatment centres in Cameroon
Approximately 20,745 new cases of cancer were registered annually with 13,199 (64%) deaths in 2020 in Cameroon. Despite the increasing …
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Risk factors for breast cancer among women in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng province of South Africa, 2017‒2020: a case-control study
Introduction: Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer among women in South Africa (SA), with an age-standardised incidence rate …
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Feasibility of cancer genetic counselling and screening in Cameroon: perceived benefits and barriers
Because there was no genetic testing service in Cameroon, we assessed the acceptance, perceived benefits and barriers and willingness to …
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Population-based cancer registries in Nigeria and the National Cancer Control Programme
Population-based cancer registries (PBCRs) are important sources of data on cancer burden in a defined population. They are a cornerstone …
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Clinicopathological characteristics and treatment outcomes of oesophageal cancer patients in Uganda
Background: Oesophageal cancer is the seventh most common cancer and the sixth leading cause of cancer death worldwide, and its …
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Circulating natural killer cells and their association with breast cancer and its clinico-pathological characteristics
Purpose: Natural killer (NK) cells play a critical role in cancer immunosurveillance and hold promise as both therapies and prognostic …
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Sexual characteristics of patients with prostate cancer seen for radiation treatment
Background: Prostate cancer was estimated to be the second most diagnosed cancer and the fifth leading cause of cancer mortality …
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Cervical precancer screening with HPV DNA testing and mobile colposcopy in women with sickle cell disease in Accra, Ghana
Background: Worldwide, about 20-25 million people are affected by sickle cell disease (SCD), with 60% of patients living in sub-Saharan …
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Experiences and coping strategies of women caring for their husbands with cancer at the Cancer Diseases Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia: a descriptive phenomenological approach
The Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH) 2019 annual report revealed an upsurge in the number of new cancer patients accessing services …
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Comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of HE4 with CA125 and validation of the ROMA index in differentiating malignant and benign epithelial ovarian tumours among patients in Lagos, Nigeria
This prospective cross-sectional study compared the diagnostic accuracy of human epididymal protein 4 (HE4) with cancer antigen 125 (CA 125) …
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A mural nodule of anaplastic carcinoma with sarcomatoid differentiation in a background of ovarian borderline mucinous cystadenoma
Ovarian mucinous cystic tumours with mural nodules are rare tumours of the ovary that are often missed out during diagnosis. …
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Barriers to and facilitators of prostate cancer screening among men in Ugandan prisons
Background: Studies have shown that prostate cancer (PCa) is increasing at a rate of 5.2% per annum in Uganda and …