Real-world data: towards achieving the achievable in cancer care

CM Booth, S Karim, WJ Mackillop - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2019 - nature.com
The use of data from the real world to address clinical and policy-relevant questions that
cannot be answered using data from clinical trials is garnering increased interest. Indeed …

[HTML][HTML] Global and regional estimates of orphans attributed to maternal cancer mortality in 2020

F Guida, R Kidman, J Ferlay, J Schüz… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Despite women being disproportionally affected by cancer deaths at young ages, there are
no global estimates of the resulting maternal orphans, who experience health and education …

Breast cancer survival in sub‐Saharan Africa by age, stage at diagnosis and human development index: A population‐based registry study

WY Joko‐Fru, A Miranda‐Filho… - … journal of cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Breast cancer is the leading cancer diagnosis and second most common cause of cancer
deaths in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Yet, there are few population‐level survival data from …

[HTML][HTML] Breast cancer survival and survival gap apportionment in sub-Saharan Africa (ABC-DO): a prospective cohort study

V McCormack, F McKenzie, M Foerster… - The Lancet Global …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in women in
sub-Saharan Africa, yet there are few well characterised large-scale survival studies with …

Implementation of breast cancer continuum of care in low-and middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic

H Elghazawy, J Bakkach, MS Zaghloul… - Future …, 2020 - Future Medicine
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women worldwide. The current
COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented challenge leading to care disruption …

[HTML][HTML] Early detection and treatment strategies for breast cancer in low-income and upper middle-income countries: a modelling study

JK Birnbaum, C Duggan, BO Anderson… - The Lancet Global …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Poor breast cancer survival in low-income and middle-income countries
(LMICs) can be attributed to advanced-stage presentation and poor access to systemic …

[HTML][HTML] Inequities in breast cancer treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: findings from a prospective multi-country observational study

M Foerster, BO Anderson, F McKenzie… - Breast Cancer …, 2019 - Springer
Background Improving breast cancer survival in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is urgently
needed, requiring early diagnosis and improved access to treatment. However, data on the …

[HTML][HTML] Delayed diagnostic evaluation of symptomatic breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: A qualitative study of Tanzanian women

LL Sakafu, GS Philipo, CV Malichewe, LS Fundikira… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Women with breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa are commonly diagnosed at
advanced stages. In Tanzania, more than 80% of women are diagnosed with stage III or IV …

Conceptual framework to guide early diagnosis programs for symptomatic cancer as part of global cancer control

MM Koo, K Unger-Saldaña, AD Mwaka… - JCO global …, 2021 - ascopubs.org
Diagnosing cancer earlier can enable timely treatment and optimize outcomes. Worldwide,
national cancer control plans increasingly encompass early diagnosis programs for …

Dissecting the journey to breast cancer diagnosis in sub‐Saharan Africa: Findings from the multicountry ABC‐DO cohort study

M Foerster, F McKenzie, A Zietsman… - … journal of cancer, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Most breast cancer patients in sub‐Saharan Africa are diagnosed at advanced stages after
prolonged symptomatic periods. In the multicountry African Breast Cancer‐Disparities in …