Abstracts

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 7 MAY

The 13th AORTIC International Conference on Cancer in Africa will take place virtually from 5 to 10 November 2021, bringing together...

Testing the generalizability of ancestry-specific polygenic risk scores to predict prostate...

On behalf of NCI’s Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program (EGRP), it is my pleasure to inform you that your manuscript, Testing the...

D43 Training Cycle 1 Closing Session

Trainee Overview and Acknowledgement Recording February 28, 2023

Notice of Special Interest: Administrative Supplements for NCI Global Oncology Mentored Research

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-23-038.html Issued by National Cancer Institute Purpose The purpose of this...

Fundamental discoveries for prostate cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: The MADCaP network

https://ecancer.org/en/video/10836-fundamental-discoveries-for-prostate-cancer-in-sub-saharan-africa-the-madcap-network' Dr Timothy...

CYCLE 2 PROGRAM APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR THE 2023 AFRICAN CANCER STARS PROGRAM!

AFRICAN CANCER STARS Strategic Training Achievements for Research Success WHAT ARE THE KEY DATES IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS? Cycle 2...

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE 2023 STARS PROGRAM!

The African Cancer STARS Training program, funded by NCI grant D43-CA260640 has launched. This program provides mentored training for...

A Rare Germline HOXB13 Variant Contributes to Risk of ProstateCancer in Men of African Ancestry

Burcu F. Darst , Raymond Hughley, Aaron Pfennig, Ujani Hazra, Caoqi Fan, Peggy Wan, Xin Sheng, Lucy Xia, Caroline Andrews, Fei Chen,...

Clinical Characteristics of PCa Patients in West and South Africa in the MADCAP Consortium

Mohamed Jalloh, Denzel Zhu, Ilir Agalliu, Caroline Andrews, Evan Kovac, Ben Adusei, Nana Yaa F. Snyper, James E. Mensah, Victoria Okyne,...

GENOMIC DIVERSITY OF PROSTATE CANCER ACROSS THE AFRICAN DIASPORA

SPECIFIC AIMS African American men (AAM) suffer from the highest rates of carcinoma of the prostate (CaP) in the world, with an...

Processing and Analysis of Tissue Samples from Esophageal Cancer Patients in an African Setting

Lucien Ferndale, Mishalan Moodley, Wenlong C. Chen, Reubina Wadee, Colleen A. Wright, Mohamed Iqbal Parker, Pascale Willem, and...