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In order to control the global cancer burden, it is important to address the burden of cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). But global oncology is not the concern of LMICs alone. A recent article by Kostelecky et al in Journal of Global Oncology highlights an important pillar of gl...
Published on WBUR's Cognoscenti Blog, 7 February 2018 - full commentary here. “Well, thank God you live in Boston,” my sister said when I called to tell her about my cancer diagnosis over a decade ago. That was the refrain I heard over and over. People were talking, of course, about Bosto...
On World Cancer Day, February 4th, the international cancer community united to send a clear message: we must act now to prevent, detect, and treat cancer. To empower individuals and communities, Global Oncology and 1,472 advocates came together under the slogan “I Can. We Can.” This rallying cal...
2019 CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION WEEK TAGGED “SMEAR IT, KNOW YOUR STATUS” HELD AT PRIMARY HEALTHCARE CENTRE, NASSARAWA, BACOCO, 8 MILES, CALABAR ON SAT 26TH JAN., 2019 Implementing NGO: Pink Africa Foundation Support Partners: Aggiewinsor Trust Foundation, Pathfinder International,...
Jessica Hale, Donna J. Barry, Billy Andre and Brian Hutchinson Intro As the global fight against infectious diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, improves the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is becoming more apparent. This category of diseases, w...
In April of 2016, the only radiotherapy of its kind in Uganda broke down. This left the entire country without domestic access to radiotherapy treatment needed to combat cancer. The only option available was to travel to neighboring Kenya, which was not only far-- but prohibitively expensive for ...
" The initiation and development of the Lymphoma Treatment Centre (LTC) was a result of cooperation nd hard work of many individuals at the makerere university medical school, MOH and the National cancer institute (NCI) in the USA. The inception of the idea started in 1965 during a meeting ...
"Over the past 20 years, cancer research in India has grown in size and impact. Clinicians, scientists, and government and state policy makers in India have championed cancer research, from studies to achieve low-tech, large-scale health outcomes to some of the most advanced areas of fundamental ...
"Tata Memorial Center (TMC) is among India’s leading institutions for cancer research and treatment. Since the NCI Center for Global Health (CGH) was established in 2011, it has partnered with TMC in several activities. These include workshops in clinical trials research design, training in ...
The vision of this nongovernmental association is helping patients and their families in their fight against cancer. The association offer training programs in order to raise awareness and provide information about cancer in patients and families. In 2015, GlaxoSmithKline(GSK) provided a grant...
The vision of this nongovernmental association is helping patients and their families in their fight against cancer. The association offer training programs in order to raise awareness and provide information about cancer in patients and families. In 2015, GlaxoSmithKline(GSK) provided a grant...
India Cancer Research Database (ICRD) provides details of scientists and physicians involved in cancer research in India along with information about their areas of expertise and research, publications and funded grants. The goal of the database is to foster collaborations among researchers and t...
Laron Syndrome is an extremely rare disorder that causes those affected to experience slow physical growth from early childhood. Without treatment, males typically grow to a height of 4.5 feet, and females, 4 feet. In a remote village in Ecuador, there is a group of 100 individuals who all have t...
Laron Syndrome is an extremely rare disorder that causes those affected to experience slow physical growth from early childhood. Without treatment, males typically grow to a height of 4.5 feet, and females, 4 feet. In a remote village in Ecuador, there is a group of 100 individuals who all have t...
“The NIH and a major research foundation in Brazil have initiated a groundbreaking program that is expected to expand global health research by making it easier to fund scientific collaborations on valuable projects. The agreement was formalized recently by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins and...
Polybia Paulista is a wasp that produces a venom that contains a toxin called MP1. According to a study published in Biophysical Journal, it has the ability to selectively lyse cancer cells without harming healthy cells. It functions by interacting with abnormally distributed lipids that are foun...
“Significant increases were verified in Brazilian rates between 1996 and 2006, followed by stable rates until 2010. For men, predictions indicate increasing rates both at a national level and by geographic regions, except for the South region (where a decrease is expected). In women, increasing r...
“Cancer is currently in the spotlight due to their heavy responsibility as a main cause of death in both developed and developing countries. Analysis of the epidemiological situation is required as a support tool for the planning of public health measures for the most vulnerable groups. We analyz...
In April 2016, Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff—bypassed pharmaceutical regulation and signed a bill that “guarantees” individuals with cancer access to the use of a “miracle drug” that has not been approved in clinical trials. To make matters worse, the drug, synthetic phosphoethanolamine, ha...
Through 2014, there was little or no information about the deaths attributable to cancer in Nigeria. This made it relatively difficult to develop programs and infrastructure to combat the disease. However, a study publish by Olakanmi Ralph Akinde, et al in 2014 titled, Cancer Mortality Pattern in...
" Calabar cancer registry (CCR) is located in the Pathology department of the 451-bed University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar (UCTH). CCR though started in 1979, as a Hospital-based tumor registry, reporting cancer cases at the UCTH. In 2009, CCR became a member of NSCR and the registry ...
"Ekiti Cancer Registry is located in the Department of Anatomic Pathology at Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti. ECR started as a Hospital Based Cancer Registry in 2009 at the Federal Medical Centre, Ido-Ekiti with the support of NSCR and in July 2014, ECR was upgraded by NSCR to...
“Sokoto Cancer Registry was established by NSCR as a Population Based Cancer Registry in November 2013. The registry is domiciled in the Histopathology Department of the 250-bed capacity Usmanu Danfodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) Sokoto. The tertiary institution has huge facilities for ...
"Enugu cancer registry is domiciled in the Oncology Department of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu. The registry was established in 1988 as a Hospital Based Cancer Registry, but until recently it was upgraded by NSCR in 2012 to start collecting population-based data." ...
"Abuja cancer registry (ABCR) was conceived in 2009 as a Population Based Cancer Registry (PBCR). The registry is domiciled in the Oncology Department of the National Hospital Abuja (NHA), but receiving substantial data from the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) registry." https://n...
“The first Cancer Registry in Nigeria established in 1962, located within the Department of Pathology at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. Cancer incidence data from this registry were published for the time periods 1960- 1962, 1960- 1965, and 1960- 1969 in the first three volumes of Cance...
"In 2009, the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), Society of Oncology and Cancer Research of Nigeria (Socron) and the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) conceptualized the Nigerian National System of Cancer Registries (NSCR). Since inception, NSCP has been able to revive national...
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Soft tissue sarcoma is a cancer that starts in soft tissues of the body, including muscle, tendons, fat, lymph vessels, blood vessels, nerves, and tissue around joints. The tumors can be found anywhere in the body but often form in the arms, legs, chest, or abdomen. Signs of soft tissue sa...
The gallbladder lies just under the liver in the upper abdomen. The gallbladder stores bile, a fluid made by the liver that helps digest fat. Almost all gallbladder cancers are adenocarcinomas (cancers that begin in cells that make and release mucus and other fluids). Gallbladder c...