Time to operative care for breast cancer in the Cape Metro West region
A low proportion of women with BCA had definitive surgery within the 31-day recommended waiting period. Decentralisation of operative care allowed faster access to surgery at district hospitals for women who did not need sentinel node biopsy or advanced anaesthesia care. Identifying additional resources needed to decrease TOC for BCA patients could improve access to timeous surgical care.
Authors
- Lydia Cairncross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5368-9882)
- TS Ngcobo
- Eyitayo Omolara Owolabi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5575-7842)
- Tonya M. Esterhuizen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8703-1664)
- Francois Malherbe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8910-6925)
- GA Smith
- Kathryn Chu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8923-7447)
- J Fargher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0011-7191)
- I Schamrel
Institutions
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (US)
- Arizona State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- South African Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2025-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.36303/sajs.01276
- Primary Topic
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00