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Table 1 General information about pathology centres

From: Breast cancer pathology services in sub-Saharan Africa: a survey within population-based cancer registries

Country

Cancer registry location

Population1

BC cases

Pathology Facilities

Pathologists

Population per pathologist

Laboratories with IHC

Oncologist

Radiotherapy

BC Cases3

Breast tumor board

IHC

In the cancer registry area

In the pathology centre

Benin

Cotonou

679.000e

752

5

4

170.000

1

Yes

No

53

Yes

Yes

Ethiopia

Addis Ababa

3.050.000d

450

8

27

113.000

1

Yes

Yes

225

Yes

Yes

Ghana

Kumasi

2.173.000c

592

6

5

435.000

3

Yes

Yes

47

Yes

Yes

Guinea

Conakry

1.668.000f

452

2

3

556.000

0

Yes

No

16

Yes

No

Ivory Coast

Abidjan

4.707.000f

500

5

12

392.000

2

Yes

No

300

Yes

No

Kenya

Eldoret

894.000b

88

3

5

179.000

3

Yes

No

75

No

Yes

Malawi

Blantyre

952.000g

43

1

3

317.000

0

Yes

No

37

No

No

Mali

Bamako

1.810.000b

200

1

5

362.000

0

Yes

Yes

160

Yes

No

Mauritius

Mauritius

1.263.000g

483

4

11

115.000

2

Yes

Yes

386

Yes

Yes

Mozambique

Beira

458.000e

162

1

3

153.000

0

No

No

10

No

No

Nigeria

Ibadan

2.549.000a

366

3

7

364.000

1

Yes

Yes

293

Yes

No

Nigeria

Abuja

2.442.000g

220

5

9

271.000

6

Yes

Yes

110

Yes

Yes

Nigeria

Calabar

2.893.000g

154

3

6

482.000

1

Yes

No

154

Yes

No

Republic Congo

Brazzaville

1.830.000f

234

1

1

1.830.000

1

Yes

No

234

Yes

Yes

Seychelles

Seychelles

90.000e

35

1

3

30.000

1

Yes

No

33

No

Yes

Sierra Leone

Free Town

1.056.000g

40

1

1

1.056.000

0

No

No

16

No

No

Swaziland

Swaziland

1.104.000g

93

1

2

552.000

0

Yes

No

93

Yes

No

Uganda

Gulu

762.000f

1242

1

4

191.000

1

Yes

No

112

No

No

Uganda

Kampala

2.376.000c

84

8

15

158.000

3

Yes

Yes

42

Yes

Yes

Zimbabwe

Harare

1.469.000d

493

5

9

163.000

2

Yes

Yes

296

Yes

Yes

  1. Abbreviations: BC Breast Cancer, IHC Immunohistochemistry
  2. 1Most recent population (a2006, b2009, c2010, d2012, e2013, f2014, g2015), nearest 1000
  3. 2Case number for 2015 was not available, as a substitute, the average number of cases in other years was calculated:
  4. Benin (2013–2015), Ghana (2012), Guinea (2001–2010), Mozambique (2019–2013), Uganda (2008–2012)
  5. 3Number was calculated from the estimated proportion of the total number in the cancer registry area