Breast cancer diagnosis in a resource poor environment through a collaborative multidisciplinary approach: the Kenyan experience

Shahin Sayed; Zahir Moloo; Peter Bird; Ronald Wasike; Wambui Njoroge; Joseph Karanu; Ancent Nzioka; Omar Sherman; Satya Prasad; Costa Mariwa; James Obondi Otieno; David Chumba; David Koech; Daniel Mbinga; Musa Mohammed; Richard Njoroge; Rajendra Chauhan; Sudhir Vinayak; Catherine Kyobutungi; Mansoor Saleh

doi:10.1136/jclinpath-2012-201404

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Breast cancer diagnosis in a resource poor environment through a collaborative multidisciplinary approach: the Kenyan experience

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Shahin Sayed Department of Pathology, Surgery and Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Zahir Moloo Department of Pathology, Surgery and Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Peter Bird Department of Surgery and Pathology, African Inland Church Kijabe Hospital, KIjabe, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ronald Wasike Department of Pathology, Surgery and Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Wambui Njoroge Department of Surgery, Provincial General Hospital Nyeri, Nyeri, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Joseph Karanu Department of Surgery, St. Mary’s Mission Hospital Nairobi, Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ancent Nzioka Department of Surgery and Pathology, African Inland Church Kijabe Hospital, KIjabe, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Omar Sherman Department of Pathology and Surgery, Aga Khan Hospital Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Satya Prasad Department of Pathology and Surgery, Aga Khan Hospital Kisumu, Kisumu, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Costa Mariwa Department of Pathology and Surgery, Aga Khan Hospital Kisumu, Kisumu, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
James Obondi Otieno Department of Surgery, New Nyanza General Hospital, Kisumu, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David Chumba Department of Pathology and Surgery, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David Koech Department of Pathology and Surgery, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Daniel Mbinga Department of Pathology and Surgery, Aga Khan Hospital Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Musa Mohammed Department of Surgery and Pathology, Provincial General Hospital Garissa, Garissa, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Richard Njoroge Department of Surgery and Pathology, Provincial General Hospital Garissa, Garissa, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rajendra Chauhan Department of Pathology, Surgery and Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sudhir Vinayak Department of Pathology, Surgery and Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Catherine Kyobutungi African Population and Health Research Centre, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mansoor Saleh Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center, Birmingham, Alabama, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Shahin Sayed, Department of Pathology, Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, P.O. Box 30270, 3rd Parklands Avenue, Nairobi 00100, Kenya; shaheen.sayed{at}aku.edu

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Sayed S, Moloo Z, Bird P, et al

Breast cancer diagnosis in a resource poor environment through a collaborative multidisciplinary approach: the Kenyan experience

Journal of Clinical Pathology 2013;66:307-311.

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Received December 12, 2012
Revised December 12, 2012
Accepted December 13, 2012
First published February 1, 2013.

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October 25, 2017

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