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Authors
Fikre, Kaleab
Tadele, Getnet
Kassegne, Abeje Berhanu
Shewa, Bethlehem
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Addis Ababa University
Wolaita Sodo University
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Article History
Received: 21 October 2025
Accepted: 24 March 2026
First Online: 30 March 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from Addis Ababa University, the Clinical Oncology Department (Approval No. 6/12/2024), and the Institutional Review Board of the Ethiopian Society of Sociologists, Social Workers, and Anthropologists (IRB/ESSSWA, Meeting No. O2612024). Permission to conduct the study was obtained from Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH). All procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Informed consent was obtained from all the participants.
: Informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to the study.
: Participants consented to the use of anonymized data and quotations for publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
