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Poor women waste 9 months before cancer treatment - study

Unfortunately, by the time most of these women start treatment at KNH, disease has spread.

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by The Star

Big-read26 October 2023 - 12:35
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A patient looks at a chart as she prepares to undergo a mammogram X-ray picture of the breast to look for early signs of breast cancer in the radiology unit at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya January 23, 2020.

A poor woman with breast cancer takes nine months from noticing symptoms to the time she gets the initial intervention, according to an analysis of patient records at the Kenyatta National Hospital.

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