Open AccessFear of Treatments Surpasses Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors in Affecting Patients With Breast Cancer in Urban South Africa
Author(s) -
Sarah Rayne,
Kathryn Schnippel,
Cynthia Firnhaber,
Kathryne Wright,
Deirdré Kruger,
Carol Benn
Publication year - 2017
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.2015.002691
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , relative risk , breast cancer , demography , poisson regression , psychosocial , confounding , cancer , population , environmental health , psychiatry , confidence interval , sociology
Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer in women in South Africa, and often patients present late. There is little understanding of the psychosocial stresses affecting women with breast cancer in Africa.