Open AccessEffect of Sociodemographic Variables on Patient and Diagnostic Delay of Breast Cancer at the Foremost Health Care Institution in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Sunday Olakunle Olarewaju,
Emmanuel O. Oyekunle,
Adebukola O. Bamiro
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of global oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.002
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 2378-9506
DOI - 10.1200/jgo.19.00108
Subject(s) - medicine , marital status , breast cancer , ethnic group , developing country , demography , health care , disease , cross sectional study , family medicine , pediatrics , cancer , environmental health , population , pathology , sociology , anthropology , economics , economic growth
Breast cancer (BC ) has the highest mortality rate among women with any form of cancer in developing countries. Unfortunately, patients with BC in Nigeria commonly present with late-stage disease. The current study examined the types and magnitude of delay in BC diagnosis at the foremost hospital in Nigeria and also identified the influencing factors.