Breast cancer is a common malignancy among women worldwide. Regardless of the
economic status of a country, breast cancer poses a burden in prevention, diagnosis and …

Comorbidities and advanced stage diagnosis (ASD) are both associated with poorer cancer
outcomes, but the association between comorbidities and ASD is poorly understood. We …

Background Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in women in
sub-Saharan Africa, yet there are few well characterised large-scale survival studies with …

In some countries of sub‐Saharan Africa, the prevalence of HIV exceeds 20%; in South
Africa, 20.4% of people are living with HIV. We examined the impact of HIV infection on the …

Background Breast cancer screening is time consuming, requires expensive equipment, and
has demanding requirements for doctors. Hence, a large number of breast cancer patients …

Background Breast cancer survival in South Africa is low, but when diagnosed with breast
cancer, many women in South Africa also have other chronic conditions. We investigated the …

Objectives To classify South African adults with chronic health conditions for multimorbidity
(MM) risk, and to determine sociodemographic, anthropometric and behavioural factors …

Background The majority of people with cancer have at least one other chronic health
condition. With each additional chronic disease, the complexity of their care increases, as …

Objectives Multimorbidity (MM) is a growing concern linked to poor outcomes and higher
healthcare costs. While most MM research targets European ancestry populations, the …

The presence of preexisting morbidities poses a challenge to cancer patient care. There is
little information on the profile and prevalence of multi‐morbidities in breast cancer patients …