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Time intervals experienced between first symptom recognition and pathologic diagnosis of breast cancer in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study by Gebremariam, Alem (author);Addissie, Adamu (author);Worku, Alemayehu (author);Assefa, Mathewos (author);Pace, Lydia E. (author);Kantelhardt, Eva Johanna (author);Jemal, Ahmedin (author) is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Objectives This study aimed to estimate the magnitude of patient and diagnostic delays and associated factors among women with breast cancer in Addis Ababa. ## Design This is a cross-sectional study. ## Settings and participants All women newly diagnosed with breast cancer in seven major healthcare facilities in Addis Ababa (n=441) were included in the study. ## Main outcomes and measures Patient interval (time from recognition of first symptom to medical consultation) and diagnostic interval (time from first consultation to diagnosis). Patient intervals >90 days and diagnostic intervals >30 days were considered delays, and associated factors were determined using multivariable Poisson regressions with robust variance. ## Results Thirty-six percent (95% CI [31.1%, 40.3%]) of the patients had patient intervals of >90 days, and 69% (95% CI [64.6%, 73.3%]) of the patients had diagnostic intervals of >30 days. Diagnostic interval exceeded 1 year for 18% of patients. Ninety-five percent of the patients detected the first symptoms of breast cancer by themselves, with breast lump (78.0%) as the most common first symptom. Only 8.0% were concerned about cancer initially, with most attrib
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- Author
- Gebremariam, Alem (author);Addissie, Adamu (author);Worku, Alemayehu (author);Assefa, Mathewos (author);Pace, Lydia E. (author);Kantelhardt, Eva Johanna (author);Jemal, Ahmedin (author)
- Publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9782019032227
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)