ArticleCancer causes & control : CCC2021
Downstaging of cervical cancer in Tanzania over a 16-year period.
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- Regional variations and predictors of low uptake of cervical cancer screening among women aged 30-49 years in Tanzania: a geospatial and multilevel analysis of population-based survey.Research in health services & regions · 2026Article
- Nutritional status of patients diagnosed with cervical cancer in Tanzania.BMC nutrition · 2026Article
- Changes in cervical cancer stage at diagnosis in Zambia over 15 years.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2026Article
- Nutritional Status of Patients Diagnosed with Cervical Cancer in Tanzania.Research square · 2025Article
- Exploring Recent Trends in Cervical Cancer Screening Uptake in Tanzania.The East African health research journal · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitude and practices towards cervical cancer control among University students in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania.PloS one · 2025Article
- The Changing Landscape of Cervical Cancer in Africa: Opportunities for Patient, Public, and Professional Education.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2024Article
- The impact of in-house pathology services on downstaging cervical cancer in Tanzania over an 18-year period.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2024Article
- Field Research Experience of Medical Students: Learning and Translation from Global to Underserved US Settings.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2021Article
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Abstract
Globally, the highest cervical cancer mortality rates are found in East Africa. Visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA)-based screening in resource-poor settings has been shown to decrease the proportion of women presenting with late-stage cervical cancer, a process known as clinical downstaging. The only cancer treatment center in Tanzania, Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) in Dar es Salaam, opened a VIA-based cervical cancer screening program in 2002. We reviewed 6,676 medical records of cervical cancer patients at the ORCI from 2002-2011 to 2014-2018 for stage at diagnosis and screening status, among other variables. We investigated whether clinical downstaging occurred in this period among women screened at the ORCI, when compared to unscreened women. Our results indicated that the proportion of women presenting with late-stage cervical cancer among women screened at the ORCI decreased by 27.7% over the 16-year period (χ
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