ecancermedicalscience

ecancermedicalscience is an open access cancer journal focused on under-resourced communities. In order to help reduce global inequalities in cancer care and treatment, we provide free access to all articles from the point of publication and we only charge authors who have specific funding to cover publication costs.

The journal considers articles on all aspects of research relating to cancer, including molecular biology, genetics, pathophysiology, epidemiology, clinical reports, controlled trials (in particular if they are independent or publicly funded trials), health systems, cancer policy and regulatory aspects of cancer care.

Patience Mbozi

Chreso University, Lusaka, Zambia

Mrs Patience Mbozi speaks to ecancer about her journal article on the 'Experiences and coping strategies of women caring for their husbands with cancer at the Cancer Diseases Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia.'

She explains the motivation behind the study was the realisation that many men diagnosed with cancer were accompanied by their wives and so they wanted to explore the experiences of these women as well as their coping strategies.

Mrs Mbozi outlines that the findings demonstrated that wives of patients with cancer experience many challenges in their caring journey such as transportation difficulties and socio-economic barriers.