Three‐year survival of breast cancer patients attending a one‐stop breast care clinic nested within a primary care health facility in sub‐Saharan Africa‐Zambia
Mutumba Songiso,
Olivier Nuñez,
Anna Cabanes
et al.
Abstract:In Zambia, women with breast symptoms travel through multiple levels of the healthcare system before obtaining a definitive diagnosis. To eradicate this critical barrier to care, we nested a novel breast specialty service platform inside a large public‐sector primary healthcare facility in Lusaka, Zambia to offer clinical breast examination, breast ultrasound, and ultrasound‐guided core needle biopsy in a one‐stop format, tightly linked to referral for treatment. The objective of the study was to determine the… Show more
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