Access to oncology care in Mali: a qualitative study on breast cancer.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of the National Institute of Public Health in Bamako, Mali (Decision No. 17/2021/CE-INSP) on 26 October 2021. All respondents agreed to participate in the study, and informed consent was obtained from all. To protect their anonymity, the women interviewed were given pseudonyms. In the case of health professionals, we wrote "healthworker" without mentioning gender or age, as this is a restricted social setting where recognition is easy. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This work benefitted from the financial support from the Institut National du Cancer (INCa) (DA N°2022–135 SCHANTZ), from the French Collaborative Institute on Migration, coordinated by the CNRS under the reference ANR-17- CONV-0001, from the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), from the Ceped UMR 196 and from the Cité du Genre, IdEx University of Paris, ANR-18-IDEX-0001. The GIS Institut du Genre and the MSH Paris Nord have also financially supported this research."