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African Health Sciences
Makerere University Medical School
ISSN: 1680-6905
EISSN: 1680-6905
Vol. 3, No. 1, 2003, pp. 47-50
Bioline Code: hs03009
Full paper language: English
Document type: Special Article
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African Health Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2003, pp. 47-50

 en Breast Cancer Guidelines for Uganda
The Uganda Breast Cancer Working Group

Abstract

Breast cancer in Uganda is the third commonest cancer in women coming only next to cancer of the cervix and Kaposi’s sarcoma. The incidence of breast cancer in Uganda has doubled from11:100,000 in 1961 to 22:100,000 in 1995. Unfortunately the cases are often seen in late stagesthus the outcome of treatment is inevitably unsatisfactory. The present day knowledge of this disease does not have any effective primary prevention. It is thus imperative that efforts should be made to detect the disease in its early stages. Mammography has been found to be useful but it is not applicable as a means of mass screeningin Uganda (there are only 2 mammography units in Uganda. Public education towards Breast Self Examination (BSE) should be propagated becauseit is practical and affordable.]

 
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