Building capacity for sustainable research programmes for cancer in Africa

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 251-259

  Adewole, Isaac ^a   Martin, Damali N ^b   Williams, Makeda J ^b   Adebamowo, Clement ^c   Bhatia, Kishor ^d   Berling, Christine ^e   Casper, Corey ^f   Elshamy, Karima ^g   Elzawawy, Ahmed ^h   Lawlor, Rita T ⁱ   Legood, Rosa ^j   Mbulaiteye, Sam M ^b   Odedina, Folakemi T ^k   Olopade, Olufunmilayo I ^l   Olopade, Christopher O ^l   Parkin, Donald M ^m   Rebbeck, Timothy R ⁿ   Ross, Hana ^o   Santini, Luiz A ^p   Torode, Julie ^q   Trimble, Edward L ^b   Wild, Christopher P ^r   Young, Annie M ^s   Kerr, David J ^t   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DU CANCER   (France)

^f Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^g MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^h SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

ⁱ ARC NET Cancer Research Centre   (Italy)

^j LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^l Global Ctr for Resolution Research   (United States)

^m African Cancer Registry Network   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^o AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^p INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^q Union for International Cancer Control   (Switzerland)

^r INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^s UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^t UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BRAZIL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLON CANCER; FRANCE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AFRICA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FOUNDATIONS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (U.S.); NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84899941590     PISSN: 17594774     EISSN: 17594782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2014.37     Document Type: Review

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