Phase Normal, adaptive Abnormal, maladaptive Pre-diagnosis Concern about the possibility of having cancer Hyper-vigilance Inappropriate preoccupation Development of cancer symptoms without having the disease Diagnosis Shock Disbelief Initial, partial denial…
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Olufunso Adebola Adedeji (ed.)Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa10.1007/978-3-319-52554-9_11 11. Delivering Safe and Affordable Cancer Surgical Care Rotimi A. K. Jaiyesimi1, 2, 3 and Ayo Oshowo4, 5 (1) Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Basildon and…
Fig. 2.1 The age standardised incidence rate of the most common cancers in (a) females and (b) males in SSA (Source: GLOBOCAN 2012 (IARC)) 2.1.1 Environmental Factors Inter and intra-regional…
Fig. 4.1 Healthcare spending as percentage of GDP Fig. 4.2 Healthcare spending as percentage of total government expenditure There is extreme shortage of pathologists in SSA. The tertiary institutions with…
Fig. 5.1 Continuum of translational research (Khoury et al. 2010; Glasgow et al. 2012) T0 scientific discovery research, T1 translational research from discovery to candidate application, T2 translational research from…
