Terminal events in women dying of advanced breast cancer: Improving the care for terminal breast cancer patients in Africa

Gukas, I. D. and Mbah, N. (2005) Terminal events in women dying of advanced breast cancer: Improving the care for terminal breast cancer patients in Africa. International Journal of Surgery, 3 (2). pp. 117-119. ISSN 1743-9159

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Abstract

We studied the terminal events preceding death in all patients dying in hospital over a period of 10 years. Hepatomegaly, massive ascites, cachexia, jaundice, massive pleural effusion and haemoptysis were the most frequent terminal events. The predominance of visceral-related terminal events is unexplained but may be related to site-specific metastasis and premorbid organ pathology.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date Deposited:	25 Nov 2010 11:09
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2024 09:57
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/12692
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijsu.2005.06.003

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