Delayed breast cancer presentation, diagnosis, and treatment in Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

In this mixed-methods study, we evaluated the factors that contribute to delayed breast cancer (BC) diagnosis and treatment at a Kenyan hospital.

Methods

Individuals with a diagnosis of BC, either as a referral or index patient, were recruited to participate in this study through convenience sampling. Data were collected on sociodemographics, health history, and cancer history, diagnosis, and treatment of patients at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). For the quantitative analyses, the relationship between sociodemographic and health history factors with stage at diagnosis, number of visits before diagnosis, time to diagnosis, and time to initial intervention, stratified by time to onset of symptoms, were examined using regression analyses. For the qualitative analysi

SUBMITTER: Daniel O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11906215 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature