A5027330034- Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- RNA modifications and cancer
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Wikis in Education and Collaboration
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Medical and Biological Sciences
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
- Dye analysis and toxicity
- linguistics and terminology studies
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Conferences and Exhibitions Management
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- MicroRNA in disease regulation
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
Stellenbosch University
2019-2024
Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer
2022-2024
Western Cape Department of Health
2020-2024
Tobacco use is a well-established risk factor for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) but the extent of its contribution to disease burden in African cancer corridor has not been comprehensively elucidated, including by type tobacco use. We investigated (smoking and smokeless) ESCC Tanzania, Malawi Kenya. Hospital-based case-control studies were conducted three countries. Incident cases controls interviewed using comprehensive questionnaire which included questions on smoking...
In December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged as a health crisis in Wuhan, China, and was later declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) Public Emergency of International Concern. As it spread its death toll increased, on 11th March 2020 pandemic at 4,369 deaths worldwide, cases have since surged. With gender disparities already known to leave women their margins society during outbreaks, is important understand how COVID-19 affects women's health. this article, we...
Effective communication between patients and health care teams is essential in the setting for delivering optimal cancer increasing awareness. While significance of widely acknowledged, topic largely understudied within African settings.
OPINION article Front. Genet., 25 March 2022Sec. Human and Medical Genomics Volume 13 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.864575
Abstract Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at the frontline of response to COVID-19 pandemic. Protecting HCWs is paramount importance World Health Organization (WHO). Outbreak investigation which based on a critical assessment core components infection prevention and control (IPC) programs allows for identification different sources exposure virus informing additional IPC recommendations. To date, Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) categorized as high-risk country due weaknesses in...
Smokeless tobacco (SLT) use is an established carcinogen to the nasal cavity, lip, and oropharynx, however, few studies have examined cancer risks in older African women among whom SLT common. We investigated snuff risk of site-specific cancers 15,336 newly diagnosed female patients Johannesburg Cancer Study, South Africa. designed case-control comparisons across multiple outcomes: (a) known SLT-associated cancers; (b) other tobacco-related (c) genital owing intravaginal use. Controls (n =...
Abstract Purpose: Esophageal cancer caused 544,076 deaths in 2020. It has two major subtypes: esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) and squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). A geographically intriguing African Cancer Corridor very high incidence mortality rates for ESCC. We propose that ESCC research this corridor might benefit from leveraging advances tools used the early detection of EAC, namely using sponge cytology. The Cytosponge™ was developed by University Cambridge Fitzgerald-laboratory. This...
Abstract Purpose: Communication is an essential aspect of cancer care and awareness but has been largely understudied in the African setting. There no documentation, to our knowledge, spoken language used communicate terms languages. These languages are characterized by immense linguistic ethno-cultural diversity may not have any official term for ‘cancer’. Instead, communicated nuances connotations which need be understood. Methods: We conducted a survey on “The Language Cancer Africa”. The...
An understanding of the cultural and context-specific perceptions causes cancer is an important prerequisite for designing effective primary health prevention early detection strategies. We aimed to use Murdock Ill Health Theoretical Model conceptualize views on illness causation among dysphagia-suffering patients undergoing diagnostic workup esophageal (EC) in Tanzania.