Factors Contributing to Late Breast Cancer Diagnosis: A Qualitative Study on the Patient’s Perspective in Tanzania
Elizabeth F Msoka, Mackenzie Abraham, Perry M Cyril, Furaha Serventi, Adelaida A Kavishe, Brenda M Kitali, Vivian F Saria, Frank B Bright, Oliver Henke, Gileard G Masenga, Bob C Mulder, Charmaine Blanchard, Maureen Joffe, Eva J Kantelhardt, Lily Gutnik, Blandina T Mmbaga · 2025
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Elizabeth Msoka and co-authors ask women in Tanzania in 2025 why breast cancer there is so often found late. Late diagnosis worsens outcomes, and many Tanzanian women reach care with advanced disease. Their qualitative study draws on deep interviews with patients at a cancer center in the Kilimanjaro region, split evenly between rural and urban women.
Most women in the group had stage three or four disease. Reasons sorted into three levels: the patient, the community, and the health system. On the patient level, misunderstanding of the disease led, with nearly every woman citing low knowledge of signs and symptoms. The study gives the late diagnosis problem a patient voice, naming what women themselves say delayed them. Such accounts can guide awareness work and service fixes aimed at earlier finding.
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| CREATOR | Elizabeth F Msoka, Mackenzie Abraham, Perry M Cyril, Furaha Serventi, Adelaida A Kavishe, Brenda M Kitali, Vivian F Saria, Frank B Bright, Oliver Henke, Gileard G Masenga, Bob C Mulder, Charmaine Blanchard, Maureen Joffe, Eva J Kantelhardt, Lily Gutnik, Blandina T Mmbaga |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |