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Complex care systems in developing countries†

Breast cancer patient navigation in Ethiopia

  1. Timothy D. Dye PhD1,2,‡,*,
  2. Solomon Bogale MD3,
  3. Claire Hobden MA1,
  4. Yared Tilahun MD4,
  5. Vanessa Hechter5,
  6. Teshome Deressa MA6,
  7. Marion Bizé MA1,
  8. Anne Reeler PhD1

Article first published online: 22 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24776

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 116, Issue 3, pages 577–585, 1 February 2010

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Dye, T. D., Bogale, S., Hobden, C., Tilahun, Y., Hechter, V., Deressa, T., Bizé, M. and Reeler, A. (2010), Complex care systems in developing countries. Cancer, 116: 577–585. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24776

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  1. 1

    Axios International, Paris, France

  2. 2

    Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York

  3. 3

    Radiology Department, Addis Ababa University Faculty of Medicine, Tikur Anbessa Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  4. 4

    Ethiopia Breast Cancer Project, Axios Foundation, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  5. 5

    Axios International, Johannesburg, South Africa

  6. 6

    Ethiopian Cancer Association, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  1. ‡

    Fax: (315) 464-4429

*Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, 505 Irving Avenue, Suite 4004, Syracuse, NY 13210

  1. †

    Presented in part at the Sixth European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-6), Berlin, Germany, April 15-19, 2008.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 JAN 2010
  2. Article first published online: 22 DEC 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 20 MAY 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 1 MAY 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 3 FEB 2009

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