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ArticleInternational health2023

Cancer referrals at African Inland Church Kijabe Hospital, Kiambu County (2014-2020) and the impact of COVID-19.

Moses Kamita, Peter Bird, Beryl Akinyi, Rosemary Wangari Kamau, Robert Carter, Sarah Muma, Mary Adam, Timothy Makori, Jonine D Figueroa, Francis Makokha

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Moses KamitaResearch and Innovation, Mount Kenya University, P.O Box 342-01000, Thika, Kenya.
Peter BirdOncology Department, AIC Kijabe Mission Hospital, P.O. Box 20-00220, Kijabe Kenya.
Beryl AkinyiOncology Department, AIC Kijabe Mission Hospital, P.O. Box 20-00220, Kijabe Kenya.
Rosemary Wangari KamauPathology Department, AIC Kijabe Mission Hospital, P.O. Box 20-00220, Kijabe Kenya.
Robert CarterOncology Department, AIC Kijabe Mission Hospital, P.O. Box 20-00220, Kijabe Kenya.
Sarah MumaOncology Department, AIC Kijabe Mission Hospital, P.O. Box 20-00220, Kijabe Kenya.
Mary AdamResearch Department, AIC Kijabe Mission Hospital, P.O. Box 20-00220, Kijabe Kenya.
Timothy MakoriICT Department, AIC Kijabe Mission Hospital, P.O. Box 20-00220, Kijabe Kenya.
Jonine D FigueroaUsher Institute and CRUK Edinburgh Centre, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, EH8 9AG, UK.
Francis MakokhaResearch and Innovation, Mount Kenya University, P.O Box 342-01000, Thika, Kenya.
Kijabe Hospital · KEMount Kenya University · KEUniversity of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/S015027/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Kenya, cancer is the third leading cause of death. The African Inland Church Kijabe Hospital (AICKH) is a level 4 missionary hospital. The hospital serves the Kenyan population in many areas, including cancer care, and some of these services were affected during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We aimed to leverage a recently established hospital-based cancer registry of patients treated at AICKH between 2014 and 2020 to describe the cancer cases and patient referral patterns seen at AICKH during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. A cross-sectional retrospective survey was conducted through medical records abstraction in the surgery, breast clinic, palliative care and pathology departments. A total of 3279 cases were included in the study, with females accounting for 58.1% of the cases. The top-three cancers overall were breast (23.0%), oesophagus (20.5%) and prostate (8.6%). There was a minimal increase in the number of cancer cases in 2020 (1.7%) compared with 2019, with an increase of 19.3% in 2019 compared with 2018. In conclusion, AICKH is one of the few hospitals in Kenya where a large number of cancer patients seek healthcare, and referral of cancer cases changed in 2020, which may be due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Future efforts can leverage this registry to determine the impacts of cancer diagnosis and treatment on survival outcomes.

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COVID-19NeoplasmsCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHospitalsHumansKenyaMalePandemicsReferral and ConsultationRetrospective StudiesAIC Kijabecancer casescancer registryhospital-based cancer registry

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PMID36786171
PMCPMC10472872
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