Breast cancer survival and survival gap apportionment in sub-Saharan Africa (ABC-DO): a prospective cohort study

Summary: Background: Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in women in sub-Saharan Africa, yet there are few well characterised large-scale survival studies with complete follow-up data. We aimed to provide robust survival estimates in women in this setting and apportion th...

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Main Authors: Valerie McCormack, PhD, Fiona McKenzie, PhD, Milena Foerster, PhD, Annelle Zietsman, MD, Moses Galukande, MD, Charles Adisa, MD, Angelica Anele, MD, Groesbeck Parham, ProfMD, Leeya F Pinder, MD, Herbert Cubasch, MD, Maureen Joffe, PhD, Thomas Beaney, MSc, Manuela Quaresma, MSc, Kayo Togawa, PhD, Behnoush Abedi-Ardekani, MD, Benjamin O Anderson, ProfMD, Joachim Schüz, PhD, Isabel dos-Santos-Silva, ProfPhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X20302618