Understanding health-seeking and adherence to treatment by patients with esophageal cancer at the Uganda cancer Institute: a qualitative study

• Main Authors: Nakimuli Esther (Author), Ssentongo Julius (Author), Mwaka Amos Deogratius (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: BMC, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Abstract Background In the low- and middle-income countries, most patients with esophageal cancer present with advanced stage disease and experience poor survival. There is inadequate understanding of the factors that influence decisions to and actual health-seeking, and adherence to treatment regim...