Summary In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), urgent action is needed to curb a growing crisis in
cancer incidence and mortality. Without rapid interventions, data estimates show a major …

Advances in the treatment of childhood cancers have resulted in part from the development
of national and international collaborative initiatives that have defined biologic determinants …

Breast cancer incidence is increasing worldwide, and breast cancer-related mortality is
highest in women of African ancestry, who are more likely to have basal-like or triple …

Introduction and method Africa is currently host to a number of international genomics
research and biobanking consortia, each with a mandate to advance genomics research …

Purpose A great proportion of the world's cancer burden resides in low-and middle-income
countries where cancer care infrastructure is often weak or absent. Although treatment of …

Background At the turn of the 90s, studies showed that health research contributed little to
health and development in low-and middle-income countries because it was oriented …

Africa is the second-largest continent by population. 1 With 54 countries across five
geographical regions (Northern, Western, Middle, Eastern, and Southern Africa), the …

Background While the burden of cancer in Africa is rapidly rising, there is a lack of
investment in healthcare professionals to deliver care. Here we report the results of a survey …

Purpose In low-and middle-income, HIV-endemic regions of sub-Saharan Africa, morbidity
and mortality from the common epithelial cancers of the developed world are rising. Even …

Rapid and relentless technological advances in an ever-more globalized world have
shaped the field of radiation oncology in which we practise today. These developments have …