评估卢旺达癌症药物的使用情况:对治疗模式的分析

Fidel Rubagumya1,2,3,4, Brooke Wilson3,4,5, Cyprien Shyirambere6

  • 1Department of Oncology, Rwanda Military Hospital, KK 739 Street, Kicukiro, PO BOX 4016, Kigali, Rwanda.

Ecancermedicalscience
|February 28, 2024
PubMed
概括

卢旺达的癌症药物使用率很高,乳腺癌,宫癌和结直肠癌是最常见的. 负担得起的医疗服务仍然是一个挑战,这凸显了改善医疗保险覆盖癌症治疗的必要性.

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