🚨*New Publication Alert*
My team and I just published a study in Journal of *Supportive Care in Cancer*
Nigeria has the highest burden of breast cancer (BC) in Africa. While the survival rates for BC are over 90% in many high-income countries; low-and middle-income countries like Nigeria have 40% BC survival rates.
Our study identified four themes: “I am carrying this [breast cancer] alone,” “Living my life,” “‘God’ helped me,” and “A very painful journey.” Participants described how they concealed their BC diagnosis from family and significant others while accessing and navigating BC treatment. Also, they adopted spiritual beliefs as a coping mechanism while sticking to their treatment and acknowledging the burden of BC on their well-being.
Our study found that in Nigeria, chemotherapy is mostly administered using intravenous (IV) catheters. While IV treatments are beneficial to BC survivors, the process of inserting the IV treatment (i.e., venipuncture) can be discomforting and painful for patients who require recurrent treatments for a longer time. We argue that there is an urgent need to explore the use of totally implantable venous access ports (TIVAPs) otherwise known as chemo ports used to deliver prolonged therapies.
In policy, we recommend that Nigeria’s new National Cancer Control Plan be integrated into the federal budget to ensure it is funded for improved BC cancer control in Nigeria.
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Our study found that in Nigeria, chemotherapy is mostly administered using intravenous (IV) catheters. While IV treatments are beneficial to BC survivors, the process of inserting the IV treatment (i.e., venipuncture) can be discomforting and painful for patients who require recurrent treatments for a longer time.
