Category: Publications
Cancer care: widening the scope of innovation
The keynote address at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting earlier in June was met with great enthusiasm. André Ilbawi, WHO’s Cancer Control Officer, announced the first
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Designing Participatory Needs Assessments to Support Global Health Interventions in Time-Limited Settings: A Case Study From Nigeria
AbstractSocial scientists have advocated for the use of participatory research methods for Global Health project design and planning. However, community-engaged approaches can be time and resource-intensive. This article proposes a
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The out-of-pocket cost of breast cancer care at a public tertiary care hospital in Nigeria: an exploratory analysis
Gregory Christopher Knapp, Funmilola Olanike Wuraola, Olalekan Olasehinde, Anya Romanoff, Peter Thomas Kingham, Olusegun Isaac Alatise Corresponding author: Funmilola Olanike Wuraola, Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo
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Can You Hear Us Now? Equity in Global Advocacy for Palliative Care
William E. Rosa, PhD, MBE, NP-BC, Ebtesam Ahmed, PharmD, MS, Mwate Joseph Chaila, MD,Abidan Chansa, MD, Maria Adelaida Cordoba, MD, MSc, Rumana Dowla, MBBS, MSc, MPH, Nahla Gafer, MD, MSc,
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Cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: a Lancet Oncology Commission
Wilfred Ngwa, Beatrice W Addai, Isaac Adewole, Victoria Ainsworth, James Alaro, Olusegun I Alatise, Zipporah Ali, Benjamin O Anderson, Rose Anorlu, Stephen Avery, Prebo Barango, Noella Bih, Christopher M Booth,
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Determinants of late detection and advanced stage diagnosis of breast cancer in Nigeria
Olayide AgodirinID1,2*, Samuel Olatoke1, Ganiyu Rahman1,3, Oladapo Kolawole4,Saliu Oguntola5, Olalekan Olasehinde6, Omobolaji Ayandipo7, Julius Olaogun8,Aba Katung9, Amarachukwu Etonyeaku10, Olufemi Habeeb1, Ademola Adeyeye11,John AgboolaID2, Halimat Akande12, Olusola Akanbi5, Oluwafemi Fatudimu13,Anthony Ajiboye2
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Comment: Colorectal cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa
Although the incidence of colorectal cancer is believed to be rising in sub-Saharan Africa, the true values are largely unknown, with current figures extrapolated from descriptive studies done in a
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Colorectal cancer screening with fecal immunochemical testing: a community-based, cross-sectional study in average-risk individuals in Nigeria
Olusegun I Alatise, Anna J Dare, Patrick A Akinyemi, Fatimah B Abdulkareem, Samuel A Olatoke,Gregory C Knapp,T Peter Kingham, for the African Research for Oncology Colorectal Screening and Early Detection
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