Agenda
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Thursday 24 February 2022
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| Time (EST) | Title | Speakers/chairs |
| 9:00 | Welcome | Montse Garcia-Closas
(US National Cancer Institute) Jonine Figueroa (University of Edinburgh) Baffour Awuah (Ghana Ministry of Health) |
| Session 1: Descriptive epidemiology and risk factors | Chair: Montse Garcia-Closas (NCI) | |
| 9:15 | World Health Organization (WHO) Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) longitudinal study | Alfred Yawson (UoG) |
| 9:30 | Accra and Kumasi Cancer registries breast cancer incidence rates | Naomi Oti (Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, KBTH) & Fred Kwame Awitto (Kumasi Cancer Registry) |
| 9:45 | Breast cancer genetic susceptibility | Verna Vanderpuye (KBTH)/Thomas Ahearn (NCI) |
| Session 2: Molecular pathology and epidemiology | CHAIRS: Nicolas Titiloye (Komfo Anyoke Teaching hospital (KATH)) /Jonine Figueroa (University of Edinburgh) | |
| 10:00 | Molecular Pathology in Ghana opportunities and challenges | Nicolas Titiloye (KATH) |
| 10:15 | Risk factors by molecular markers and subtype | Mustapha Abubakar (NCI) |
| 10:30 | BREAK | |
| Session 3: Selected talks (Short-5 min presentation with Q&A at the end) | Seth Wiafe, Loma Linda University | |
| 10:45 | Do population structure differences explain the younger age at breast cancer diagnosis in Ghana compared to the United States? | Waruiru Mburu et. al. University of Minnesota |
| 10:50 | Environmental Exposures Linked to Malaria Vector Control and Reproductive Risk Factors | Naomie Olivos, et al. Loma Linda University |
| 10:55 | Systematic literature review of risk factor associations with breast cancer subtypes in women of African, Asian, Hispanic, and European descents | Amber N Hurson*, et al. and The Ghana Breast Health Study Team NCI |
| 11:00 | Associations between Reproductive Risk Factors and Breast Cancer Molecular Subtypes among Ghanaian Women: A Population-Based Case-Control Study | Eboneé N Butler et. al. and The Ghana Breast Health Study Team University of North Carolina |
| 11:10 | Q&A | |
| Session 4: Molecular genetic studies | Lily Paemka, UoG | |
| 11:20 | Lessons learned from the International Breast cancer study including work in Ghana | Lisa Newman (Weill Cornell) |
| 11:35 | Genomic analysis and breast cancer, liquid biopsy in Ghana | Samuel Ahuno (KNUST/Mount Sinai) |
| Session 5: Opportunities and challenges for breast cancer research with a focus on early diagnosis, treatment, and survival | ||
| 11:50 | DISCUSSION ALL PARTICIPANTS | Moderators: Efua Commey (Ghana Health Services), Beatrice Wiafe (Peace and Love Hospital); Val McCormack or Others (International Agency for Research on Cancer) |
| 12:30 | CLOSE MEETING | |