Comparison of clinicopathological features and survival in triple-negative and non-triple-negative breast cancer patients in Tanzania
TNBC accounted for nearly a quarter of the breast cancers at ORCI. TNBC was associated with younger age, more aggressive clinicopathologic features, and worse survival. Efforts toward earlier diagnosis and optimized therapies will be critical to improving TNBC outcomes in Tanzania.
Authors
- Amie Y. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7682-5023)
- Eulade Rugengamanzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0385-3706)
- Leila Mwakipunda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4938-373X)
- Nazima Dharsee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5104-1994)
- Gad Murenzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5513-5522)
- Emmanuel Lugina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9083-4302)
- Godwin Nnko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1882-8282)
- Mathias Banzi
- Alan Paciorek
- Glory Makupa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-892X)
- Godfrey Malangwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6885-8404)
- Jesse Jonathan Kashabano
Institutions
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (TZ)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Instituto Benjamin Constant (BR)
- Mbeya University of Science and Technology (TZ)
- University of Rwanda (RW)
- Tanzania National Parks (TZ)
- Rwanda Development Board (RW)
- Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (TZ)
- Muhimbili National Hospital (TZ)
- University of Global Health Equity (RW)
- Ocean Road Cancer Institute (TZ)
- University of San Francisco (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Oncologist
- Published
- 2025-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oncolo/oyaf345
- Primary Topic
- Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
- University of Health and Allied Sciences
- National Institutes of Health
- National Cancer Institute
- Fogarty International Center