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The association of travel distance and other patient characteristics with breast cancer stage at diagnosis and treatment completion at a rural Rwandan cancer facility

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-025-13489-2

Published Online: 2025-01-27

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Authors

Bhangdia, Kayleigh

Natarajan, Abirami

Rudolfson, Niclas

Verguet, Stéphane

Castro, Marcia C.

Dusengimana, Jean-Marie Vianney

Shyirambere, Cyprien

Schleimer, Lauren E.

Shulman, Lawrence N.

Umwizerwa, Aline

Kigonya, Catherine

Butonzi, John

MacDuffie, Emily

Fadelu, Temidayo

O’Neil, Daniel S.

Nguyen, Cam

Mpunga, Tharcisse

Keating, Nancy L.

Pace, Lydia E.
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

National Cancer Institute (K07CA215819)
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Article History

Received: 17 November 2023

Accepted: 10 January 2025

First Online: 27 January 2025

Declarations

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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Partners HealthCare Institutional Review Board [2012P002016] (Boston, MA), the Rwanda National Ethics Committee (No 348/RNEC/2012), and the Harvard University Institutional Review Board [IRB20-0699] (Boston, MA). The requirement for informed consent from individuals whose medical records were reviewed for the study was waived.

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: The authors declare no competing interests.

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