Is breast cancer from Sub Saharan Africa truly receptor poor? Prevalence of ER/PR/HER2 in breast cancer from Kenya

201470 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Shahin Sayed · Aga Khan University Nairobi

Zahir Moloo · Aga Khan University Nairobi

Ronald Wasike · Aga Khan University Nairobi

Peter Bird · Kijabe Hospital

Raymond Oigara

Dhirendra Govender · National Health Laboratory Service

Joshua Kibera · Aga Khan University Nairobi

Abstract

We present a definitive prospective analysis of ER/PR/HER2 from a single center and demonstrate that prevalence of receptor status from SSA is comparable with that in the West.

Topics & Keywords

HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: The Breast

Volume 23, Issue 5, pp. 591-596

DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2014.06.006

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