Healthcare-seeking behaviors and factors influencing non-adherence among cervical cancer patients attending Bugando Oncology Clinic in Mwanza, Tanzania: A qualitative Phenomenological study

• Bashari Nuru Kidaya,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Oncology, Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania

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• Joseph Rogathe Mwanga ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jrmwanga@yahoo.co.uk

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, Catholic University of Health, and Allied Sciences (CUHAS) Mwanza, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0277-227X

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• Oscar Ottoman Muhini,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Weill Bugando School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (CUHAS) Mwanza, Tanzania

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• Halima Mdemu Mwaisungu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Ethics, Weill Bugando School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health, and Allied Sciences (CUHAS) Mwanza, Tanzania

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• Elisha Mabula Juma,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Mwanza Center, Tanzania

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• Vivian Elikana Buremo

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Oncology, Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania

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