Open Access<p>Patient Delay and Contributing Factors Among Breast Cancer Patients at Two Cancer Referral Centres in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study</p>
Author(s) -
Aragaw Tesfaw,
Solomon Demis,
Tigabu Munye,
Zemachu Ashuro
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s275157
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , referral , cross sectional study , logistic regression , cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , pediatrics , gynecology , family medicine , paleontology , pathology , biology
Unlike developed countries, there is high mortality of breast cancer in low- and middle-income countries associated with prolonged patient delays and advanced stage presentations. However, evidence-based information about patient delay in presentation and contributing factors to diagnosis of breast cancer in Ethiopia is scarce.