Oral Abstract 'Rapid Fire' Session | March 10, 2021, 9:45-11:00AM US ET
Note on scientific abstract submissions: Thank you to everyone who submitted a scientific abstract for the 9th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research. The abstract submission period is now closed. Abstract submission information for the 10th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer research will be published in late Fall 2021.
Agenda
The Oral Abstract 'Rapid Fire' Session was held as a session within the Symposium on March 10, 2021, from 9:45 - 10:55 am EST. The order of presentations is listed below. A brief Q&A session was held between each group of topic presentations. The full symposium agenda is available here.
Topic 1: Cancer Control & Prevention
Cervical Cancer Prevention in sub-Saharan Africa: A Policy Analysis; Rifa Akanda, Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Designing a Counseling App to Reduce the Psycho-Social Impact of HPV-Testing: A User-Centered Design Approach; Victoria Sanchez Antelo, PhD, Researcher, Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Topic 2: Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Prognosis
To triage or not? Positive predictive value of visual inspection with acetic acid for diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or worse (CIN2+) among HIV-positive women in a low-resource setting; Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH, Fellow, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States
Health care providers and Traditional Healers perspectives on late diagnosis of breast cancer in Tanzania: A Qualitative study; Elizabeth F. Msoka-Bright, MSc, Postgraduate Nurse Researcher, Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute & PhD student at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania
Topic 3: Treatment
Breakpoints in protocol compliance and their influence on outcomes for children with Wilms tumor in Northern Tanzania; Austin Wesevich, MD, Resident, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
Use of WhatsApp to improve medical provider communication for children with Wilms tumor in Tanzania; George Mocha, MD, Urologist, Rabininsia Memorial Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Topic 4: Cancer Control & Prevention
Development of International Cancer Research Partnerships Through the NCI US-Latin American-Caribbean HIV/HPV-Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Network (ULACNet); Emma Brofsky, MSPH, Scientific Program Analyst, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, United States
Cancer update in Rwanda (2009-2018); Lydia Businge, MPH, Rwanda Cancer Registry Officer, Rwanda Biomedical Center, Kigali, Rwanda
Topic 5: Survivorship and Outcomes Research
Development and Implementation of a Case-based Virtual Training Program for Oncologic Emergencies in Botswana; Sharon Li, MD, Hematology/Oncology Fellow, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Survival of Breast Cancer in Women Treated Under Mexico’s Seguro Popular; Antonio Bandala-Jacques, MD, Clinical Researcher, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Mexico City, Mexico
