African Clinicians' Prioritization of Needs in International Breast Cancer Partnerships

Kofi Gyan; Ishmael Kyei; Laura L Susick; Yalei Chen; Melissa B Davis; Barbara Salem; Lisa A Newman

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2018.4208

African Clinicians' Prioritization of Needs in International Breast Cancer Partnerships

JAMA Surg. 2019 Feb 1;154(2):182-184. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.4208.

Authors

Kofi Gyan^{1

2}, Ishmael Kyei³, Laura L Susick⁴, Yalei Chen⁴, Melissa B Davis^{4

5}, Barbara Salem², Lisa A Newman^{1

2

5}

Affiliations

¹ International Center for the Study of Breast Cancer Subtypes, formerly of Henry Ford Cancer Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, now at Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian Hospital Network, New York.
² Department of Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan.
³ Department of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
⁴ Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan.
⁵ Now with Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian Hospital Network, New York.

Abstract

This study analyzes a survey conducted at a gathering of clinicians who specialize in breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa to better understand what they need from international collaborators.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Africa South of the Sahara
Breast Neoplasms / surgery*
Female
Health Personnel / statistics & numerical data
Health Priorities
Humans
International Cooperation*
Interprofessional Relations
Nurses / statistics & numerical data
Physicians / statistics & numerical data

Grants and funding

R13 CA261076/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States