Publications by authors named "Norah N Zaza"
Background: Nearly a billion people worldwide risk Financial Catastrophe (FC) due to Out-of-Pocket (OOP) health expenditures. With Low-and-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) disproportionately impacted, and the global burden of colorectal cancer (CRC) expected to increase 60 % by 2030, Nigeria is of interest. This study aims to evaluate the cost of treating CRC at Nigeria's first private cancer center.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Cancer imposes significant financial burden on patients in low and middle-income countries like Nigeria, where breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer and has the highest mortality. This study aims to investigate the financial burden of BC care at Lakeshore Cancer Center (LCC) in Nigeria and identify risk factors for financial catastrophe (FC).
Methods: LCC was queried for uninsured patients diagnosed with breast cancers between 2013 and 2023, linked to cost data through chart abstraction of billing data and adjusted to 2023 USD.
Article Synopsis
- This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of three risk assessment tools (ACS-SRC, RAI-rev, and 5-mFI) in predicting postoperative outcomes for patients undergoing lung cancer surgery.
- It analyzed data from 9,663 patients, focusing on metrics like 30-day morbidity and mortality, unplanned readmissions, and reoperations.
- The results showed that the ACS-SRC tool outperformed the others, displaying the highest predictive accuracy for adverse postoperative events.
Purpose: The treatment of gastric adenocarcinoma (GA) continues to evolve. While neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) has demonstrated emerging benefit, the optimal treatment regimen, and sequence remain to be firmly established.
Methods: Patients with nonmetastatic GA who underwent resection were identified within the 2020 National Cancer Database.
Introduction: Perioperative risk stratification is an essential component of preoperative planning for cancer surgery. While frailty has gained attention for its utility in risk stratification, no studies have directly compared it to existing risk calculators. Therefore, the objective of this study was to compare the risk stratification of the American College of Surgeons Surgical Risk Calculator (ACS-SRC), the Revised Risk Analysis Index (RAI-rev), and the Modified Frailty Index (5-mFI).
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