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. 2021 Jul:7:1129-1140.
doi: 10.1200/GO.21.00082.

Prevalence and Mortality of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer in West Africa: Biologic and Sociocultural Factors

Gift C Nwagu  1 , Shristi Bhattarai  1 , Monica Swahn  2   3 , Saad Ahmed  2   4 , Ritu Aneja  1   2
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Prevalence and Mortality of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer in West Africa: Biologic and Sociocultural Factors

Gift C Nwagu et al. JCO Glob Oncol. 2021 Jul.
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Estimated age-standardized BC incidence rates per 100,000 people in countries in WA. All data presented were obtained from 2018 GLOBOCAN reports. BC, breast cancer; GLOBOCAN, Global Cancer Observatory; WA, West Africa.
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Potential patient treatment pathway integrating traditional healers into West African health care systems.
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