Barriers to timely surgery for breast cancer in Rwanda

Ensuring timely and high-quality surgery must be a key element of breast cancer control efforts in sub-Saharan Africa. We investigated delays in preoperative care and the impact of on-site versus off-site operation on time to operative treatment of patients with breast cancer at Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence in Rwanda.

Source: Surgery - August 25, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Lauren E. Schleimer, Jean-Marie Vianney Dusengimana, John Butonzi, Catherine Kigonya, Abirami Natarajan, Aline Umwizerwa, Daniel S. O ’Neil, Ainhoa Costas-Chavarri, Jean-Paul Majyambere, Lawrence N. Shulman, Nancy L. Keating, Cyprien Shyirambere, Tharci Source Type: research