Survival Status of Esophageal Cancer Patients and its Determinants in Ethiopia: A Facility Based Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, the incidence and mortality due to esophageal cancer are increasing, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Cancer of the esophagus is the eighth in incidence and seventh in cancer mortality in Ethiopia. A few studies have shown an increasing burden, however, little is known about the survival pattern and its determinants among esophageal cancer patients in Ethiopia. Therefore, we assessed the survival pattern and its determinants among esophageal cancer patients.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study among 349 esophageal cancer patients who were diagnosed at or referred to Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia from January 2010 to May 2017. Using an abstraction form, nurses who were working at the oncology department extrac

SUBMITTER: Hassen HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7917207 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature