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dc.contributor.authorOthieno-Abinya, N. A.
dc.contributor.authorNyabola, L. O.
dc.contributor.authorAbwao, H. O.
dc.contributor.authorNdege, P.
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-04T13:10:30Z
dc.date.available2019-09-04T13:10:30Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.identifierhttp://www.ajol.info/index.php/eamj/article/view/8897
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11295/16218
dc.identifierhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12389963
dc.identifier.citation(East African Medical Journalen
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.adhl.africa/handle/123456789/7385
dc.description.abstractObjective: To assess post-surgical management of patients with breast cancer at the Kenyatta National Hospital. Design: Retrospective analysis of patients treated for breast carcinoma at Kenyatta National Hospital between January 1989 and January 2000. Setting: Kenyatta National Hospital. Subjects: Three hundred and seventy-four patients who had surgery or biopsy for breast cancer at the Kenyatta National Hospital. Intervention: Chemo-hormonal therapy and/or radiotherapy for adjuvant, metastatic, or palliative purposes. Results: Twenty-two patients received adjuvant chemotherapy, and 21 patients received chemotherapy for metastatic disease. Forty-six patients received adjuvant radiotherapy and 53 had radiotherapy for palliative purposes. One hundred and twenty-six patients were given tamoxifen for adjuvant and metastatic purposes. The median duration of follow-up was 20 months. Conclusion: Chemotherapy is grossly underutilized in the treatment of breast cancer at the Kenyatta National Hospital, and radiotherapy is also underutilized. Follow-up durations are dismal and if this is used as a surrogate measure for survival then survival durations for breast cancer patients are also dismal at the Kenyatta National Hospital.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 79(3): 156-162) (2002);
dc.titlePost-surgical management of patients with breast cancer at Kenyatta National Hospitalen
dc.typeArticleen


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