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Closing the Cancer Divide Through Ubuntu: Information and Communication Technology-Powered Models for Global Radiation Oncology

2015; Elsevier BV; Volume: 94; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.10.063

1879-355X

Wilfred Ngwa, Twalib Ngoma, Anthony L. Zietman, Nina A. Mayr, Ahmed Elzawawy, Thomas A. Winningham, Onyinye Balogun, Nelly Enwerem-Bromson, Christian Ntizimira, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Doyin Oluwole, Folakemi T. Odedina, Makeda J. Williams, John Flanigan, Lydia Asana, Kenneth Numfor Ngwa, Stephen Avery, Julianne M. Pollard, Teboh Roland, Neba Funwi-Gabga, Victor Mbarika, Patricia H. Hardenbergh, Karen M. Winkfield, Y Pipman, Daniela Cristina Stefan, Mamsau Ngoma, Sulma I. Mohammed, Matthew S. Katz, Erno Sajo, Janaki Moni, Thomas J. FitzGerald, Nathan Tonlaar, Jason A. Efstathiou, David P. Gierga, C. K. Ayo, Felícia Marie Knaul, Mary Gospodarowicz, G. Mike Makrigiorgos, Paul L. Nguyen,

Global Cancer Incidence and Screening

"The chance for a cure, the chance to live, should no longer remain an accident of geography" ( 1 Knaul F.M. Frenk J. Shulman L. for the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing CountriesClosing the Cancer Divide: A Blueprint to Expand Access in Low and Middle Income Countries. Harvard Global Equity Initiative, Boston, MAOctober 2011 Google Scholar ). This is one of the key messages in "Closing the cancer divide: A blueprint to expand access in low and middle income countries" ( 1 Knaul F.M. Frenk J. Shulman L. for the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing CountriesClosing the Cancer Divide: A Blueprint to Expand Access in Low and Middle Income Countries. Harvard Global Equity Initiative, Boston, MAOctober 2011 Google Scholar ). This article highlights the growing burden of global cancer disparities and makes a compelling case that the time for unified action to close this divide is now.