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Cancer control in low- and middle-income countries
BMC Cancer is calling for submissions to our collection on gaps and measures in place to improve cancer control in LMIC.
Editors
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Cristina Stefan: Institute of Global Health Equity Research, Rwanda
Cristina Stefan is a Professor of Global Health and Medicine and Director of the Institute of Global Health Equity Research (Weiss Chair of Research) at The University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda, providing leadership and developing the young generation of global health and oncology scientists. She was voted the most influential African woman in business and government in 2016 and among the top 100 Women Leaders in Healthcare in Asia in 2020. In 2022, she received the most prestigious IARC (International Agency for Research in Cancer) award for women in cancer research.
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Shenglan Tang: Duke University, United States
Dr. Shenglan Tang, MD, Ph.D., is a Mary & James Semans Professor of Medicine and Global Health at the Department of Population Health Science of Duke Medical School. Tang has more than 30 years of experience undertaking research on health systems reform, disease control, and maternal and child health in China and other countries and has provided consultancy services on health systems strengthening to many international organizations and governments of developing countries. In 2012, Prof. Tang joined Duke from the WHO’s Tropical Diseases (TDR), based in Geneva, where he was Unit Leader for TB/HIV and Health Systems.
Articles (30 in this collection)
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Implementation of WHO guidelines for cervical cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment: knowledge and perceptions of health providers from Argentina
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Clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer in Algeria: a single-center retrospective study
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Factors related to knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding cervical cancer among Yemeni women
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Genetic association of Interleukin-17A polymorphism in Bangladeshi patients with breast and cervical cancer: a case-control study with functional analysis
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Survey of awareness and beliefs about cancer (ABC) in Tehran Province, Iran
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in childhood and adolescent cancer care in northern Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
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Factors associated with recurrence in patients with oral cancer in Mongolia
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Assessing colposcopy competencies in medically underserved communities: a multi-center study in China
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Is low-dose computed tomography for lung cancer screening conveniently accessible in China? A spatial analysis based on cross-sectional survey
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PErspective and current status of Radiotherapy Service in IRan (PERSIR)-1 study: assessment of current external beam radiotherapy facilities, staff and techniques compared to the international guidelines
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Epidemiological, clinical, and pathological characteristics of invasive breast cancer in Bedouin and Jewish women in southern Israel: a retrospective comparative study
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Rural-urban disparity in cancer burden and care: findings from an Indian cancer registry
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Cancer patterns in Iran: a gender-specific spatial modelling of cancer incidence during 2014–2017
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A real-world cohort study of first-line afatinib in patients with EGFR-mutant advanced non-small cell lung cancer in Vietnam
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Physician-brief advice for promoting smoking cessation among cancer patients on treatment in low and middle-income countries: a scoping review
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Colonoscopy screening for colorectal cancer in Egypt: a nationwide cross-sectional study
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Access to oncology care in Mali: a qualitative study on breast cancer
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Unraveling cervical cancer screening dilemmas: histopathological insights from VIA and LEEP at bugando medical centre, Mwanza
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“How can a woman live without having a breast?”: challenges related to mastectomy in Ethiopia
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Breast cancer quality of care in Syria: screening, diagnosis, and staging
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Exploring the geospatial epidemiology of breast cancer in Iran: identifying significant risk factors and spatial patterns for evidence-based prevention strategies
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Prevalence and predictors of cervical cancer screening among HIV-positive women in rural western Uganda: insights from the health-belief model
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Assessing health-related quality of life among cancer survivors during systemic and radiation therapy in Bangladesh: a cancer-specific exploration
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Construction and validation of a nomogram to predict the overall survival of small cell lung cancer: a multicenter retrospective study in Shandong province, China
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Testicular cancer mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean: trend analysis from 1997 to 2019
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A registration trend in eyelid skin cancers and associated risk factors in Iran, 2005–2016
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