Factors contributing to delays in diagnosis of breast cancers in Ghana, West Africa

Louise Brinton; Jonine Figueroa; Ernest Adjei; Daniel Ansong; Richard Biritwum; Lawrence Edusei; Kofi M. Nyarko; Seth Wiafe; Joel Yarney; Beatrice Wiafe Addai; Baffour Awuah; Joe Nat Clegg-Lamptey; behalf of the Ghana Breast Health Study team On behalf of the Ghana Breast Health Study team; Anthony Adjei; Florence Dedey; Verna Vanderpuye; Victoria Okyne; Naomi Ohene Oti; Evelyn Tay; Adu-Aryee; Angela Kenu; Obed Ekpedzor; Francis Aitpillah; Joseph Oppong; Ernest Osei-Bonsu; Nicholas Titiloye; Isaac Boakye; Bernard Arhin; Emmanuel Assimah; Samuel Ka-chungu; Margaret Frempong; Emma Brew Abaidoo; Bridget Nortey Mensah; Samuel Amanama; Prince Agyuapong; Debora Boateng-Ansong; Thomas Agyei; Richard Opoku; Kofi Owusu Gyimah; Stephen Hewitt; Maya Palakal; Jake Thistle; Lisa Newman; Michelle Brotzman; Shelley Niwa; Usha Singh

doi:10.1007/s10549-016-4088-1

Factors contributing to delays in diagnosis of breast cancers in Ghana, West Africa

Louise Brinton
, Jonine Figueroa
, Ernest Adjei
, Daniel Ansong
, Richard Biritwum
, Lawrence Edusei
, Kofi M. Nyarko
, Seth Wiafe
, Joel Yarney
, Beatrice Wiafe Addai
, Baffour Awuah
, Joe Nat Clegg-Lamptey
, behalf of the Ghana Breast Health Study team On behalf of the Ghana Breast Health Study team
, Anthony Adjei
, Florence Dedey
, Verna Vanderpuye
, Victoria Okyne
, Naomi Ohene Oti
, Evelyn Tay
, Adu-Aryee

Angela Kenu, Obed Ekpedzor, Francis Aitpillah, Joseph Oppong, Ernest Osei-Bonsu, Nicholas Titiloye, Isaac Boakye, Bernard Arhin, Emmanuel Assimah, Samuel Ka-chungu, Margaret Frempong, Emma Brew Abaidoo, Bridget Nortey Mensah, Samuel Amanama, Prince Agyuapong, Debora Boateng-Ansong, Thomas Agyei, Richard Opoku, Kofi Owusu Gyimah, Stephen Hewitt, Maya Palakal, Jake Thistle, Lisa Newman, Michelle Brotzman, Shelley Niwa, Usha Singh

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	105-114
Number of pages	10
Journal	Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
Volume	162
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-016-4088-1
State	Published - Feb 1 2017
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Oncology
Cancer Research

Keywords

Africa
Breast cancer
Diagnosis delays
Epidemiology
Time-to-Treatment
Humans
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Delayed Diagnosis
Tumor Burden
Case-Control Studies
Ghana/epidemiology
Young Adult
Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis
Aged, 80 and over
Adult
Female
Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Odds Ratio
Population Surveillance

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Brinton, L., Figueroa, J., Adjei, E., Ansong, D., Biritwum, R., Edusei, L., Nyarko, K. M., Wiafe, S., Yarney, J., Addai, B. W., Awuah, B., Clegg-Lamptey, J. N., On behalf of the Ghana Breast Health Study team, B. O. T. G. B. H. S. T., Adjei, A., Dedey, F., Vanderpuye, V., Okyne, V., Oti, N. O., Tay, E., ... Singh, U. (2017). Factors contributing to delays in diagnosis of breast cancers in Ghana, West Africa. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 162(1), 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-016-4088-1

Brinton, L, Figueroa, J, Adjei, E, Ansong, D, Biritwum, R, Edusei, L, Nyarko, KM, Wiafe, S, Yarney, J, Addai, BW, Awuah, B, Clegg-Lamptey, JN, On behalf of the Ghana Breast Health Study team, BOTGBHST, Adjei, A, Dedey, F, Vanderpuye, V, Okyne, V, Oti, NO, Tay, E, Adu-Aryee, Kenu, A, Ekpedzor, O, Aitpillah, F, Oppong, J, Osei-Bonsu, E, Titiloye, N, Boakye, I, Arhin, B, Assimah, E, Ka-chungu, S, Frempong, M, Abaidoo, EB, Mensah, BN, Amanama, S, Agyuapong, P, Boateng-Ansong, D, Agyei, T, Opoku, R, Gyimah, KO, Hewitt, S, Palakal, M, Thistle, J, Newman, L, Brotzman, M, Niwa, S & Singh, U 2017, 'Factors contributing to delays in diagnosis of breast cancers in Ghana, West Africa', Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, vol. 162, no. 1, pp. 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-016-4088-1

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