Dr. William G. “Bill” Woods, age 77, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on Thursday, April 18, 2024 in Atlanta, GA.
PARTICIPATING CENTRES
There are currently 5 countries and 8 centres involved in this collaboration with multidisciplinary teams being an essential part of the project. Follow the links for each country to learn more about the teams involved and the work being done at the participating centres. DZ AO BJ BW BF BI CM CV CF TD KM [...]
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TREATMENT GUIDELINES
The cornerstones of the Collaborative Wilms Tumour Africa Project are the Adapted Treatment Guidelines implemented by all centres participating in the project, as a multi-centre prospective clinical trial with uniform outcome evaluation. Additionally, Collaborative Wilms Tumour Africa Treatment Guidelines Phase II are currently being updated, and will be launched in 2020. SIOP PODC Adapted Treatment [...]
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STEERING/ADVISORY COMMITTEE & COORDINATOR
Steering Committee Dr. Vivian Paintsil Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi, Ghana Dr. Inam Chitsike Parirenyatwa Teaching Hospital Harare, Zimbabwe Dr. Trijn Israels (Coordinator) Princess Maxima Center for Paediatric Oncology Utrecht, The Netherlands Advisory Committee The Advisorg Committee of this project has the following members: Prof Elizabeth Molyneux (Malawi, UK) Prof Peter Hesseling (Cameroon, South Africa) [...]
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PUBLICATIONS
Relevant publications of from the group for further reading: Israels T, Chirambo C, Caron H, de Kraker J, Molyneux E, Reis R. The guardians' perspective on paediatric cancer treatment in Malawi and factors affecting adherence. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008;51(5):639-42. Israels T, Molyneux EM, Caron HN, Jamali M, Banda K, Bras H, Kamiza S, Borgstein E, [...]
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STEERING/ADVISORY COMMITTEE & COORDINATOR | PUBLICATIONS BACKGROUND The Collaborative Wilms Tumour Africa Project is implementing a SIOP PODC adapted treatment guideline for Wilms tumour in several centres in sub-Saharan Africa. This is done as a multi-centre prospective clinical trial with uniform outcome evaluation. The project started in 2014. More than 300 patients have been included [...]
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Collaborative African Network for Childhood Cancer Care and Research (CANCaRe Africa)
WILMS TUMOUR PROJECT | SUCCOUR | ZERO ABANDONMENT | PICTURES AND NEWSLETTERS | CONTACT SIOP Achievements 2021 CANCaRe Africa VISION Children with common and curable cancers in sub -Saharan Africa will achieve survival rates greater than 60% in line with the vision of the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC) launched by the World Health [...]
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