Awareness is the first step: What Ghanaian community pharmacists know about cancer.

Kofi Boamah MensahAdwoa Bemah Boamah MensahVarsha BangaleeFrasia Oosthuizen

Published in: Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners (2020)

Knowledge of cancer, its signs and symptoms and its risk factors were inadequate among community pharmacists in Ghana. Efforts should be made to improve knowledge of community pharmacists on cancer through continuous education. Also, undergraduate pharmacy training in oncology should encourage to close knowledge gap of community pharmacists on cancer.

Keyphrases

healthcare
papillary thyroid
mental health
squamous cell
risk factors
primary care
quality improvement
depressive symptoms