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A Formative Evaluation For Improving Breast Cancer Hormone Receptor Testing in Tanzania

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · NCT05438511

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
85
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
April 13, 2023
Record last updated
June 29, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

The purpose of this study is to learn more about the challenges with breast cancer diagnosis in Tanzania and the support available to improve this process.

Being studied: Focus group; Organizational Readiness for Implementing Change

Conditions: Breast Cancer

Eligibility criteria

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Participant Inclusion Criteria for interviews and focus group discussions (Aims 1 and 2):

  • Breast cancer survivor, patient advocate or key healthcare personnel
  • Key healthcare personnel are defined as hospital and laboratory leaders, pathologists, laboratory scientists and technicians, oncologists, nurses, and surgeons, with:
  • >12 months of employment at the affiliated institution
  • Administrative or clinical involvement in the delivery of breast cancer care services.
  • Age 18 years and above
  • Permanent residents or citizens of Tanzania
  • Participant and/or LAR willing and able to consent
  • Fluent in Swahili and/or English by self-report

Participant Exclusion Criteria

  • Key stakeholder not residing at their particular institutions during data collection will be excluded.

Eligibility criteria for Chart Reviews (Aim 1)

Inclusion Criteria for chart review

  • Age 18 years and above
  • Permanent residents or citizens of Tanzania
  • Received breast cancer diagnosis

Exclusion Criteria for chart review

  • Participants less than 18 years of age

Recruiting US locations

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)

    New York, NY 10065

    Site contact: Diana Ng, MD · 212-639-7209 · NgD2@mskcc.org

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Diana Ng, MD · 212-639-7209 · NgD2@mskcc.org
  • T. Peter Kingham, MD · 212-639-5260 · kinghamP@mskcc.org
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