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

I. D. Gukas; N. Mbah

doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2005.06.003

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

I. D. Gukas, N. Mbah

Norwich Medical School

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	117-119
Number of pages	3
Journal	International Journal of Surgery
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2005.06.003
Publication status	Published - 2005

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