A tailored approach to building specialized surgical oncology capacity: Early experiences and outcomes in Malawi

Objectives: Cervical cancer can often be cured by surgery alone, if diagnosed and treated early. However, of the cancer patients who live in the world's poorest countries less that 5% have access to safe, effective and timely cancer surgery. We designed a novel, competency-based curriculum to r...

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Main Authors: Lameck Chinula, Michael Hicks, Grace Chiudzu, Jennifer H. Tang, Satish Gopal, Tamiwe Tomoka, James Kachingwe, Leeya Pinder, Maya Hicks, Vikrant Sahasrabuddhe, Groesbeck Parham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:Gynecologic Oncology Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352578918300900