Global Cancer Research and Control Seminar Series 2025 (Past Webinars)

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2021

  Tuesday, May 4, 2021 | 10:00 - 11:00am ET
 
Breast Cancer Survival in Sub-Saharan Africa

 

Valerie McCormack, Ph.D. Valerie McCormack, Ph.D., Epidemiologist
International Agency for Research on Cancer

Valerie McCormack, Ph.D., is an Epidemiologist at the International Agency for Research on Cancer in France.




 

Steady Chasimpha, M.Sc. Steady Chasimpha, M.Sc., Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Steady Chasimpha, M.Sc., is an Epidemiologist in the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health at the and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.



Abstract

Dr. McCormack and Mr. Chasimpha's research is focused on cancer epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa, including on cancers contributing to excessive premature mortality in the region. This work includes contextual studies of the reasons — biological, societal, and health systems — for low breast cancer survival, as well as etiological research on esophageal cancer. This session will describe the African Breast Cancer Disparities in Outcomes study, a breast cancer cohort initiated in 2014 across 5 sub-Saharan African countries that has quantified the factors that need to be tackled to avoid breast cancers. They will also provide unique information on quality of life and the intergenerational impact of cancer deaths.
 

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