Analysis of the Breast Cancer Journey in Namibia

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: In this cohort study of 405 Namibian residents with BC, marked racial disparities in survival were paralleled by inequities all along the BC journey. To improve BC survival, interventions are needed to promote earlier diagnosis in Black Namibian women and to increase MT initiation and completion in all women.PMID:37921764 | DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.41402

Source: Cancer Control - November 3, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Pauline Boucheron Annelle Zietsman Johanna Pontac Rolf Hansen Benjamin O Anderson Kayo Togawa Peter M Macharia Milena Foerster Joachim Sch üz Isabel Dos-Santos-Silva Valerie McCormack Source Type: research