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ArticleEcancermedicalscience2021

Establishing women's cancer care services in a fragile, conflict and violence affected ecosystem in Africa.

Groesbeck Preer Parham, Kabongo Mukuta Mathieu, Tankoy Gombo YouYou, Michael L Hicks, Ronda Henry-Tillman, Alex Mutombo, Mukanya Mpalata Anaclet, Mulumba Kapuku Sylvain, Leeya Pinder, Maya M Hicks and 2 more

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Article in Ecancermedicalscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Groesbeck Preer ParhamDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 101 Manning Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA.
Kabongo Mukuta MathieuBiamba Marie Mutombo Hospital, No. 9777, Boulevard Lumumba, Commune de Masina, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Tankoy Gombo YouYouBiamba Marie Mutombo Hospital, No. 9777, Boulevard Lumumba, Commune de Masina, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Michael L HicksDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 101 Manning Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA.
Ronda Henry-TillmanWinthrop P Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham St, Slot #725, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
Alex MutomboBiamba Marie Mutombo Hospital, No. 9777, Boulevard Lumumba, Commune de Masina, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Mukanya Mpalata AnacletBiamba Marie Mutombo Hospital, No. 9777, Boulevard Lumumba, Commune de Masina, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Mulumba Kapuku SylvainBiamba Marie Mutombo Hospital, No. 9777, Boulevard Lumumba, Commune de Masina, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Leeya PinderDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Teaching Hospital - Women and Newborn Hospital, 10101 Nationalist Way, Lusaka, Zambia.
Maya M HicksHoward University College of Medicine, 520 W St NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA.
Louis KandaDikembe Mutombo Foundation, 400 Interstate N Pkwy, Suite 1040, Atlanta, GA 30339, USA.
Mirielle KandaDikembe Mutombo Foundation, 400 Interstate N Pkwy, Suite 1040, Atlanta, GA 30339, USA.
Kinshasa General Hospital · CDTwitter (United States) · USAtlanta Research and Education Foundation · USSeattle Pacific University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe majority of the world's poorest women (income < $1.90/day) reside in fragile, conflict and violence (FCV)-affected countries, like the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Health services in these settings have traditionally focused on immediate relief efforts, communicable diseases and malnutrition. Recent data suggests there is need to widen the focus to include cancer, as its incidence and mortality rates are rising.

methodsEmploying competency-based learning strategies, Congolese health professionals were trained to perform same-day cervical cancer screening and treatment of precancerous lesions of the cervix; same-day clinical breast examination and breast ultrasound diagnostics; surgical treatment of invasive cancers of the breast and cervix; and infusion of cytotoxic chemotherapy. Outpatient breast and cervical cancer care clinics, a chemotherapy suite and surgical theatres were outfitted with equipment and supplies.

resultsCombining local and regional hands-on training seminars with wise infrastructure investments, a team of US and Zambian oncology experts successfully implemented a clinical service platform for women's cancers in a private sector health facility in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

conclusionWe forged a novel partnership between oncology health professionals from Africa and its Diaspora, international philanthropic organisations, a cancer medicine access initiative and an established African cancer centre to build women's cancer services in a FVC-affected African setting.

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African cancer centrebreast cancercervical cancerconflict and violence affected societiesDemocratic Republic of the CongoDikembe Mutombofragile

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PMID34221114
PMCPMC8225336
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