Delayed initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy among women with breast cancer in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Alem GebremariamMathewos AssefaAdamu AddissieAlemayehu WorkuNebiyu DerejeAynalem AbrehaWondemagegnehu TigenehLydia E PaceEva Johanna KantelhardtAhmedin JemalPublished in: Breast cancer research and treatment (2021)
A staggering one-in-three women with breast cancer in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, delay to initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy, with the delay more common in low-income women and yet with remarkably high degree of treatment adherence. These findings underscore the need for public policy to expand health care to low-income population to improve breast cancer care and other health outcomes in the country.