What an absolutely fantastic week of learning cancer research from the best! Grateful to AWACAN-ED for the fantastic learning opportunities, and to the National Institutes for Health Research for amazing funding!

AWACAN-ED scholars enjoy a week of learning about cancer and research methods in Harare, Zimbabwe. #CancerResearch

Wonderful to be back in Zimbabwe for the second AWACAN-ED Southern Africa School for Cancer Research.
With colleagues from UCT CRI and UofZimbabwe are delivering a 5-day residential course in Harare, focusing on research methods applied to early cancer diagnosis.

Our students at the AWACAN-ED School for Cancer Research have attended sessions on presenting, writing grants, health economics, qualitative research, and systematic reviews. #CancerResearch

The second AWACAN-ED School for Cancer Research has officially started in Harare, Zimbabwe! #cancerresearch

Bukeka Sawula, our Cape Town field site coordinator, writes on data collection and patient recruitment challenges. Check it out: awacan.online/news/data-coll…

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#cancer awareness
#earlydiagnosis

To mark #BreastCancer AwarenessMonth , IARC will highlight recent &🆕results related to the global burden of #BreastCancer , risk factors for developing #breast #cancer , & initiatives to #prevent breast cancer
Stay tuned to our website & socials for more info
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Today we said farewell to Nicolé Cornelius, our Administrative Officer, as she moves on to working at UCT's HR department. We wish her well on all her new ventures! Thank you for all you have done for the AWACAN-ED team!

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Yamkela and Yolanda - our Eastern Cape Team - at their office.

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We are hiring! We are looking for a dedicated, detail oriented Administrative Officer to join our team!

#research #JobSeekersSA

Read our new blog post, written by Melinda Moyo: Reflecting on barriers to cancer treatment and medical care for patients in Zimbabwe.

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#earlydiagnosis
#cancer #cancer research #cervicalcancer #zimbabwe

Our Western Cape data collection team collecting staging data for our cross-sectional survey.

#earlydiagnosis #cancerresearch #cancerawareness #breastcancer awareness #breastcancer #cervicalcancer #colorectalcancer

Meet Melinda Moyo
'I am the Harare Field Coordinator in Zimbabwe. My research interests include factors influencing health seeking behaviour among cervical cancer patients. I enjoy step class, dry red wine and cartoons.'

#earlydiagnosis #cancerawareness #cancerresearch #research

‘Feminist approach’ to cancer could save lives of 800,000 women a year theguardian.com/society/2023/s…

Our approach to women at risk of—and who live with—cancer needs to change. 2.3 million women die prematurely from cancer each year. Why? Because “patriarchy dominates cancer care, research, and policy making.” Power is life.

The Lancet Commission on women, power and cancer was created to address urgent questions at the intersection of social inequality, cancer risk, and outcomes, and the status of women in society

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Cancer is a leading cause of mortality in women.

A new Lancet Commission suggests unequal power dynamics across society have resounding negative impacts on how women interact with cancer prevention, care, and treatment.

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Proud and humble to have been part of this commission! Kudos to all commissioners for bringing back #feminism to the conversation about #cancer and #health ✊

Ophira Ginsburg verna vanderpuye Somesh Kumar Freddie Bray Rachel Nugent Narjust Florez, MD, FASCO Karla Unger Ibtihal Fadhil et al.

A key finding: 1.3 million lives could be saved if just 4 risk factors could be avoided.

Vania Wisdom Ophira Ginsburg launching The Lancet Commission on Women, Power and Cancer ecancer GENDRO Union for International #CancerControl ASCO ESMO - Eur. Oncology