The Mwanza Cancer Project

Between 2009 and 2014, the availability of health-care resources at the unit greatly increased (table), and the pathology service has had a key role in this increase. Because of the high incidence of cervical and breast cancer, female patients seen at the BMC are mainly adults, whereas males are alm...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The lancet oncology 2016-02, Vol.17 (2), p.146-148
Hauptverfasser:	Amadori, Dino, Serra, Patrizia, Bucchi, Lauro, Altini, Mattia, Majinge, Charles, Kahima, Jackson, Botteghi, Matteo, John, Catherine, Stefan, Daniela C, Masalu, Nestory
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Associations Breast cancer Cancer Cervical cancer Collaboration Developing Countries Education, Medical, Graduate Funding Health care access Health facilities Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine Horizontal integration Hospitals Humans Initiatives International Cooperation Italy Labor force Laboratories Medical research Medical screening Needs Assessment Neoplasms - diagnosis Neoplasms - therapy Oncology Oncology Service, Hospital - manpower Oncology Service, Hospital - organization & administration Pathology Planning Program Development Tanzania Telemedicine
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Zusammenfassung:	Between 2009 and 2014, the availability of health-care resources at the unit greatly increased (table), and the pathology service has had a key role in this increase. Because of the high incidence of cervical and breast cancer, female patients seen at the BMC are mainly adults, whereas males are almost equally distributed between paediatric and adult age groups. [...]an urgent need exists to improve patient awareness of the importance of post-treatment follow-up in cancer care.
ISSN:	1470-2045 1474-5488
DOI:	10.1016/S1470-2045(16)00012-7