Real-world breast cancer treatment patterns and guideline-concordant treatment completion among Malawian women
While curative-intent GCT was associated with improved survival in this Malawian cohort, treatment completion rates were suboptimal. Resource-stratified guidelines must be paired with locally relevant, multilevel implementation strategies to target barriers to treatment completion.
Authors
- Jennifer Morgan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9421-432X)
- Richard Nyasosela
- Anthony Charles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7332-4354)
- Maurice Mulenga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8623-2205)
- Katherine Elizabeth Reeder-Hayes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6903-0177)
- Chifundo Kajombo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2790-5005)
- Lisa A. Carey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2388-4649)
- Takondwa Zuze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3780-0207)
- Precious Makondi
- Tamiwe Tomoka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5183-8714)
- Shekinah N.C. Elmore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7136-1597)
- Lusayo Simwinga
- Agnes Manda BSc
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- University of Malawi (MW)
- Kamuzu Central Hospital (MW)
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (MW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Women s Health
- Published
- 2025-03-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-025-03667-6
- Primary Topic
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00