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Ngwa W, Ngoma T, Zietman A, Mayr N, Elzawawy A, Winningham TA, Balogun O, Enwerem-Bromson N, Ntizimira C, Olopade OI, Oluwole D, Odedina F, Williams M, Flanigan J, Asana L, Ngwa K, Avery S, Pollard JM, Roland T, Funwi-gabga N, Mbarika V, Hardenbergh P, Winkfield K, Pipman Y, Stefan C, Ngoma M, Mohammed S, Katz M, Erno S, Moni J, Fitzgerald T, Tonlaar N, Efstathiou J, Gierga D, Ayo C, Knaul F, Gospodarowicz M, Makrigiorgos GM, Nguyen PL. Closing the Cancer Divide Through Ubuntu: Information and Communication Technology-Powered Models for Global Radiation Oncology. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2015; 94:440-9. [PMID: 26867873 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.10.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2015] [Revised: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 10/29/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Wilfred Ngwa
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts.
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
| | - Anthony Zietman
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
| | - Ahmed Elzawawy
- African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer, Rondebosch, South Africa
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York
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- Program of Action for Cancer Therapy, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer, Rondebosch, South Africa; College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
| | - Makeda Williams
- Center for Global Health, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
| | - John Flanigan
- Center for Global Health, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
| | - Lydia Asana
- African Renaissance Ambassador Corporation, Orlando, Florida
| | - Kenneth Ngwa
- African Renaissance Ambassador Corporation, Orlando, Florida
| | - Stephen Avery
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiation Physics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Information and Communication Technology University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
| | - Yakov Pipman
- International Educational Activities Committee, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, College Park, Maryland
| | - Christina Stefan
- African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer, Rondebosch, South Africa; South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - Mamsau Ngoma
- Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
| | - Sulma Mohammed
- Department of Comparative Pathobiology and Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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- Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts
| | - Janaki Moni
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
| | - Thomas Fitzgerald
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
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- Harvard Global Equity Initiative, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, 610 University Avenue, M5G 2M9, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
| | - Paul L Nguyen
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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