Gynecologic Oncology Sub-Specialty Training in Ghana: A Model for Sustainable Impact on Gynecologic Cancer Care in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Main Authors: Anna Sarah Erem (Author), Adu Appiah-Kubi (Author), Thomas Okpoti Konney (Author), Kwabena Amo-Antwi (Author), Sarah G. Bell (Author), Timothy R. B. Johnson (Author), Carolyn Johnston (Author), Alexander Tawiah Odoi (Author), Emma R. Lawrence (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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African women have double the risk of dying from cancer than women in high-income countries. In Ghana, most women with gynecological malignancies present with advanced-stage disease when treatment is less effective. Barriers to improved cancer outcomes include the availability of cancer screening, a...