Survival Status And Associated Factors Of Death Among Cervical Cancer Patients Attending At Tikur Anbesa Specialized Hospital Addis Ababa Ethiopia.

Background: Cervical cancer is a cancer of uterine cervix caused by mostly sexually-acquiredrninfection called Human papillomavirus (HPV). Death of cervical cancer varied 18-fold betweenrndifferent regions of the world. In developing countries, less than 50% of women with cervicalrncancer survive longer than 5 years. Thirty-five point nine new cases of cervical cancer arerndiagnosed and 22.6 die per 100,000 women annually in Ethiopia. Objective: The objective ofrnthis study was to asses survival status and associated factors of death among cervical cancerrnpatients attending at Tikur Anbesa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia,2019. Methods andrnmaterials: Institutional based retrospective cohort study was conducted from March to Aprilrn2019 at Tikur Anbesa Specialized Hospital oncology department (TASH). Data was collectedrnfrom patient’s chart using pre-tested and structured checklist prepared in English. Differencesrnin survival among different variables was compared using the log-rank test. Variables with pvaluernrn

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