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

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 regimens amon...

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Autores principales:	Esther, Nakimuli, Julius, Ssentongo, Deogratius, Mwaka Amos
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2021
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7890846/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33602201 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06163-3

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