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Tuberculosis Diagnosis Delaying Treatment of Cancer: Experience From a New Oncology Unit in Blantyre, Malawi

PURPOSE: Malawi is a low-income country in sub-Saharan Africa with limited health care infrastructure and high prevalance of HIV and tuberculosis. This study aims to determine the characteristics of patients presenting to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital Oncology Unit, Blantyre, Malawi, who had been...

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Autores principales:	Masamba, Leo Peter Lockie, Jere, Yankho, Brown, Ewan Russell Stewart, Gorman, Dermot Robert
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	American Society of Clinical Oncology 2016
Materias:	Original Reports
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5497735/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28717679 http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/JGO.2015.000299

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