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Characteristics, stage at presentation, and status of women with cervical cancer at a major referral center in western Kenya
Author(s) -
Mungo Chemtai,
Randa Magdalene,
Shauri Alice,
Serem Davis,
Stephen Ndei Ian,
Kipkoech Kevin,
Ganda Gregory
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/ijgo.13831
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , referral , presentation (obstetrics) , cancer , obstetrics , gynecology , disease , demography , general surgery , family medicine , paleontology , biology , sociology
Synopsis The majority of women (69.4%) referred to a regional hospital in Western Kenya for cervical cancer had late‐stage disease. Access to radiation was low and loss to follow‐up was high.