Deressa, Biniyam Tefera; Cihoric, Nikola; Vlaskou Badra, Eugenia; Tsikkinis, Alexandros; Rauch, Daniel (2019). Breast cancer care in northern Ethiopia - cross-sectional analysis. BMC cancer, 19(1), p. 393. BioMed Central 10.1186/s12885-019-5612-6
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BACKGROUND
In Ethiopia, the incidence of new cases of breast cancer is currently increasing resulting to high rates of morbidity and mortality. Breast cancer is by far the most common cancer accounting for more than one out of three cancer cases in women and one out of every five in the general population. The study was conducted in University of Gondar Hospital cancer center, located in the North-West Ethiopia; to evaluate the clino-pathologic characteristics of breast cancer and care provided for patients.
METHODS
All biopsy proven breast cancer patients treated between 2016 and 2017, were identified and information regarding histology, stage, therapeutic procedure and follow up was retrospectively collected from their individual medical records and descriptive analysis was done.
RESULTS
Among 82 patients treated, 67 (82%) were women and 15 (18%) were men. The median age at the time of diagnosis was 45 years (25-82 years). Operation was performed for 56 (68%) patients. The predominant histology was ductal carcinoma in 61 patients (74%), followed by breast carcinoma of No Special Type (NST) in 17 (21%). The late presentation of the patients and the advanced stage at the time of presentation was observed in most of the patients. Chemotherapy was administered in 79 (96%) patients. Radiotherapy was not available in the hospital.
CONCLUSION
Breast cancer incidence is rising and becoming a major public health problem in Northern Ethiopia. Breast cancer care in northern-Ethiopia is limited in terms of both pathology, imaging and the offered treatment modalities, which need to be improved.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Medical Oncology 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Radiation Oncology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Cihoric, Nikola, Vlaskou Badra, Eugenia, Tsikkinis, Alexandros, Rauch, Daniel |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1471-2407 |
Publisher: |
BioMed Central |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Beatrice Scheidegger |
Date Deposited: |
01 Jul 2019 14:42 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:28 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1186/s12885-019-5612-6 |
PubMed ID: |
31023270 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Breast cancer Northern Ethiopia University of Gondar Hospital |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.130558 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/130558 |
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