Presentation, patterns of care, and outcomes of patients with prostate cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: A population-based registry study.
Tobias Paul SeraphinWalburga Yvonne Joko-FruLucia HämmerlMirko GrieselNikolaus Christian Simon MezgerJana Cathrin FeuchtnerInnocent AdoubiMarcel Dieu-Donné EguéNathan OkerosiHenry WabingaRolf HansenSamukeliso VumaCesaltina LorenzoniBourama CoulibalySévérin W OdzebeNathan Gyabi BuzibaAbreha AynalemBiying LiuDaniel MedenwaldRafael T MikolajczykJason Alexander EfstathiouDonald Maxwell ParkinAhmedin JemalEva Johanna KantelhardtPublished in: Cancer (2021)
This study shows that a large proportion of patients with PCa in SSA are not staged or are insufficiently staged and undertreated, and this results in unfavorable survival. These findings reemphasize the need for improving diagnostic workup and access to care in SSA in order to mitigate the heavy burden of the disease in the region.