Late diagnosis among patients with prostate cancer at the Uganda Cancer Institute: a retrospective cohort study
Taking a biopsy after 4 months of initial symptoms was partially responsible for the delay in diagnosis. Communities should be educated about prostate cancer symptoms and advised to seek health care early. Health care workers should be sensitized to suspect prostate cancer among patients to allow timely referral.
Authors
- Fred Nuwaha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6285-0834)
- Nelson Bunani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5367-2175)
- Aloysius Ssennyonjo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5790-4874)
- Angela Nakanwagi Kisakye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5472-0474)
Institutions
- African Field Epidemiology Network (UG)
- Makerere University (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- African Health Sciences
- Published
- 2024-10-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v24i3.19
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.26