Publications

Dec 23, 2021
2 min

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,...

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michelleleebravatt

Sep 9, 2021
2 min

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,...

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michelleleebravatt

Jun 4, 2021
1 min

The rising burden of cancer in low- and middle-Human Development Index countries

Temidayo Fadelu, Timothy R Rebbeck First published: 04 June 2021 Abstract Cancer and other noncommunicable diseases represent a growing...

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michelleleebravatt

May 15, 2021
1 min

NIH Center for Global Health

Strategic Plan 2021-2025 Executive Summary The Center for Global Health (CGH) at the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) was established...

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michelleleebravatt

Apr 5, 2021
1 min

A tutorial on conducting genome-wide association studies: Quality control and statistical analysis

Andries T Marees, Hilde de Kluiver, Sven Stringer, Florence Vorspan, Emmanuel Curis, Cynthia Marie-Claire, Eske M Derks Abstract...

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michelleleebravatt

Apr 2, 2021
2 min

Trends in mortality among Black and White men with prostate cancer in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania

Hari S Iyer, Scarlett L Gomez, Jarvis T Chen, Quoc-Dien Trinh, Timothy R Rebbeck PMID: 33798264 PMCID: PMC8249310 (available on...

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michelleleebravatt

Feb 10, 2021
1 min

Sequence three million genomes across Africa

Ambroise Wonkam COMMENT 10 FEBRUARY 2021 Capture the full scope of variation to improve health care, equity and medical research...

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michelleleebravatt

Jan 14, 2021
1 min

Low generalizability of polygenic scores in African populations due to genetic & environ. diversity

NEW RESULTS January 14, 2021 Lerato Majara, Allan Kalungi, Nastassja Koen, Heather Zar, Dan J. Stein, Eugene Kinyanda, Elizabeth G....

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michelleleebravatt

Jan 13, 2021
1 min

Improved Prognostic Stratification Using Circulating Tumor Cell Clusters in Patients with Metastatic

Chun Wang, Zhenchao Zhang, Weelic Chong, Rui Luo, Ronald E Myers, Jian Gu, Jianqing Lin, Qiang Wei, Bingshan Li, Timothy R Rebbeck,...

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michelleleebravatt

Dec 14, 2020
2 min

Prostate cancer age-standardised incidence increase between 2006 and 2016 in Gauteng Province...

N Cassim, A Ahmad, R Wadee, T R Rebbeck, D K Glencross, J A George PMID: 33404002 DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v111i1.14850 Abstract...

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michelleleebravatt

Dec 7, 2020
2 min

Novel Transcriptomic Interactions Between Immune Content and Genomic Classifier Predict Lethal...

Kosj Yamoah, Shivanshu Awasthi, Brandon A Mahal, Shuang G Zhao, G Daniel Grass, Anders Berglund, Julieta Abraham-Miranda, Travis Gerke,...

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michelleleebravatt

Nov 24, 2020
2 min

Discovering novel driver mutations from pan-cancer analysis of mutational and gene expression...

Houriiyah Tegally, Kevin H Kensler, Zahra Mungloo-Dilmohamud, Anisah W Ghoorah, Timothy R Rebbeck, Shakuntala Baichoo Published: November...

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michelleleebravatt

Nov 4, 2020
2 min

Racial and Ethnic Variation in PSA Testing and Prostate Cancer Incidence Following the 2012 USPSTF..

Kevin H Kensler, Claire H Pernar, Brandon A Mahal, Paul L Nguyen, Quoc-Dien Trinh, Adam S Kibel, Timothy R Rebbeck Published:04 November...

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michelleleebravatt

Nov 3, 2020
2 min

TMPRSS2-ERG fusion impacts anterior tumor location in men with prostate cancer

Kosj Yamoah, Priti Lal 2, Shivanshu Awasthi, Arash O Naghavi, Robert J Rounbehler, Travis Gerke, Anders E Berglund, Julio M Pow-Sang,...

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michelleleebravatt

Oct 9, 2020
2 min

Comparative Genomics Reveals Distinct Immune-oncologic Pathways in African American Men with...

Shivanshu Awasthi, Anders Berglund, Julieta Abraham-Miranda, Robert J Rounbehler, Kevin Kensler, Amparo Serna, Adriana Vidal, Sungyong...

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Sep 10, 2020
3 min

Racial Differences in Genomic Profiling of Prostate Cancer

Authors Mahal BA, Alshalalfa M, Kensler KH, Chowdhury-Paulino I, Kantoff P, Mucci LA, Schaeffer EM, Spratt D, Yamoah K, Nguyen PL,...

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Jul 13, 2020
1 min

Handbook for Cancer Research in Africa

In 1899 the surgeon Roswell Park predicted that cancer would overtake the common infectious diseases of the time as a killer of...

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Caroline Andrews

Jul 1, 2020
2 min

A custom genotyping array reveals population-level heterogeneity for the genetic risks of PrCa

A custom genotyping array reveals population-level heterogeneity for the genetic risks of prostate cancer and other cancers in Africa...

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Apr 9, 2020
2 min

The association between neighborhood greenness and incidence of lethal prostate cancer

The association between neighborhood greenness and incidence of lethal prostate cancer: A prospective cohort study Authors Iyer HS, James...

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Mar 5, 2020
2 min

Computationally Derived Image Signature of Stromal Morphology Is Prognostic of PCa Recurrence...

Computationally Derived Image Signature of Stromal Morphology Is Prognostic of Prostate Cancer Recurrence Following Prostatectomy in...

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michelleleebravatt

Dec 23, 2021
2 min

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,...

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE 2022 STARS PROGRAM!

michelleleebravatt

Oct 5, 2021
1 min

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE 2022 STARS PROGRAM!

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

michelleleebravatt

Sep 9, 2021
2 min

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,...

michelleleebravatt

Aug 26, 2021
3 min

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...

michelleleebravatt

Aug 26, 2021
2 min

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...

dfcimadcapnetwork

Aug 19, 2021
5 min

NCI Awards 4 Grants to Strengthen Institutional Capacity for Cancer Research in LMICs

August 19, 2021, by Sudha Sivaram, Ph.D., M.P.H. Workforce development for cancer research is a central component of the National Cancer...

michelleleebravatt

Jun 4, 2021
1 min

The rising burden of cancer in low- and middle-Human Development Index countries

Temidayo Fadelu, Timothy R Rebbeck First published: 04 June 2021 Abstract Cancer and other noncommunicable diseases represent a growing...

michelleleebravatt

May 15, 2021
1 min

NIH Center for Global Health

Strategic Plan 2021-2025 Executive Summary The Center for Global Health (CGH) at the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) was established...

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 7 MAY