Breast cancer in Zimbabwe: patterns of care and correlates of adherence in a national referral hospital radiotherapy center cohort from 2014 to 2018.

Shekinah Nefreteri Cluff ElmoreMelinda MushongaHari Subramaniam IyerCaroline KandaShirley ChibondaFallon ChipidzaRudo Makunike MutasaDavid MuchuwetiEdwin G MugutiAspect MaunganidzeNtokozo NdlovuJennifer Ruth BellonAnna Mary Nyakabau

Published in: Cancer medicine (2021)

Radiotherapy is likely underutilized for women with breast cancer, even in a setting with public sector availability. Exploring patient-level factors that influence adherence to care may provide clinicians with better tools to support adherence and improve survival. Greater investment is needed in multidisciplinary, multimodality care for breast cancer in SSA.

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