Barriers to early presentation and diagnosis of breast cancer among African women living in sub-Saharan Africa

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Cynthia Pomaa Akuoko · Christian Service University College

Ernestina Armah · Christian Service University College

Theresa Sarpong · Christian Service University College

Dan Yedu Quansah · Seoul National University

Isaac Amankwaa · Garden City University College

Daniel Boateng · Utrecht University

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Improving African women's knowledge and understanding will improve behaviors related to breast cancer and facilitate early presentation and detection and enhance proper management and treatment of breast cancer.

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Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Cervical Cancer and HPV Research

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Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 12, Issue 2, pp. e0171024-e0171024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171024

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Barriers to early presentation and diagnosis of breast cancer among African women living in sub-Saharan Africa

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