Healthcare delivery for non-communicable diseases among breast cancer survivors in Sri Lanka: Is there a missed opportunity?

CONCLUSIONS: Hypertension was the most prevalent comorbidity while type 2 diabetes and dyslipidaemia were the most common diagnoses post-treatment. In these patients, screening for osteoporosis and other cancers remains very low, emphasising a missed opportunity.PMID:34824624 | PMC:PMC8580723 | DOI:10.3332/ecancer.2021.1301

Source: Ecancermedicalscience - November 26, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Don Thiwanka Wijeratne Christopher M Booth Sanjeewa Seneviratne Bishal Gyawali Matt Jalink Malinthi Soysa Sachith Abhayaratna Hasitha Promod Punika Wijesinghe Sanjeeva Gunasekera Source Type: research