Cervical cancer in Ethiopia – predictors of advanced stage and prolonged time to diagnosis

Cervical cancer in Ethiopia – predictors of advanced stage and prolonged time to diagnosis

Abstract Introduction In Ethiopia, most cervical cancer patients present at advanced cancer stages, long time after they experience first symptoms. We investigated possible predictors of long time spans between symptom onset and pathologic diagnosis (patient intervals). We also aimed to seek out pre...

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Main Authors: Matthias Begoihn, Assefa Mathewos, Abreha Aynalem, Tigeneh Wondemagegnehu, Ulrike Moelle, Muluken Gizaw, Andreas Wienke, Christoph Thomssen, Dawit Worku, Adamu Addissie, Ahmedin Jemal, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Infectious Agents and Cancer
Subjects:
Cervical cancer
Sub-Saharan Africa
Patient interval
Ethiopia
HIV
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13027-019-0255-4

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