Building pathology capacity in sub-Saharan Africa to improve breast cancer diagnosis and treatment: training laboratory technicians in high-quality manual immunohistochemistry

Building pathology capacity in sub-Saharan Africa to improve breast cancer diagnosis and treatment: training laboratory technicians in high-quality manual immunohistochemistry

Abstract Background To address the need for a skilled workforce in breast cancer (BC) pathology in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), we implemented an education program to train laboratory technicians in manual immunohistochemistry (IHC). Methods A quality improvement education project was developed. Intera...

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Main Authors: Linda Setiawan, Katy Graef, Dan Schmolze, Alemwosen Alem, Lesley Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-01-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Education intervention
Pathology
Breast cancer
Sub-Saharan Africa
Immunohistochemistry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-023-11756-8

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