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Improving Brain Tumor Research in Resource-Limited Countries: A Review of the Literature Focusing on West Africa.
Review in Cureus, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Epidemiology and etiology of brain cancer in Africa: A systematic review.Brain and behavior · 2023Pooled it
- Histological types of brain tumors diagnosed at the Kenyatta National Hospital between 2016 and 2019: a retrospective study.Discover oncology · 2024Article
- Glioblastoma management in low and middle-income countries; existing challenges and policy recommendations.Brain & spine · 2023Review
- Adult brain tumors in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review.Neuro-oncology · 2022Article
- The landscape of neuro-oncology in East Africa: a review of published records.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2021Review
- Histo-pathological pattern of intracranial tumours in the National Hospital, Abuja.African health sciences · 2018Article
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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Neoplasms of the brain are often overlooked in resource-limited countries. Our literature search via AJOL and PubMed demonstrated that brain tumor research is still a rarity in these regions. We highlight the current status, importance, challenges, and methods of improving brain tumor research in West Africa. We suggest that more attention be given to basic, clinical, and epidemiological brain tumor research by national governments, private organizations, international organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and individuals in this region.
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