MADCaP Association and Ancestry Working Group.  Establish Centers to:  Create knowledge about cancer in Africa.  Translate this knowledge to improved.

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MADCaP Association and Ancestry Working Group

 Establish Centers to:  Create knowledge about cancer in Africa.  Translate this knowledge to improved prevention, detection, and treatment of cancer in Africa.  These Centers will:  Offer high quality facilities for training, research and advocacy.  Help to implement national cancer plans.  Reduce dependence on foreign institutions for training and service and minimize brain drain. Centers of Excellence

Key Components and Leverage Points Dakar Cancer Consortium, Dakar, Senegal Mulago Hospital, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda Tygerberg Hospital, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa Academic Partnerships:  Albert Einstein, New York (Ibadan)  Fred Hutchinson Center, Seattle (Uganda)  Harvard University (Botswana)  Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa (South Africa)  NCI, Bethesda (Ghana)  University of Chicago (Nigeria, Uganda)  University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Botswana, Senegal)  University of Pittsburgh (Nigeria)  University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Uganda) Korle-Bu Hospital, 37 Military Hospital, University of Accra, Ghana Univ. of Ibadan, Nigeria University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana NGO Partnerships:  Afrox, Oxford  ASCP, Washington  IAEA, Vienna  IARC, Lyon Advisory Boards: External Internal Network Partnerships:  Prostate Cancer Transatlantic Consortium (CaPTC)  African Caribbean Cancer Consortium (AC3) National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa National Cancer Institute, Wadmedani, Sudan

African Prostate Cancer Research AreaApproach (Existing Studies) Clinical StudiesBiopsy Detection (Six African Centers) EpidemiologyCancer Registration (Botswana) Etiology, GeneticsCase-Control Studies (Six African Centers) PathologyPathology Working Group (Global) Prognostic Biomarkers Tumor Marker Studies (Senegal) ScreeningPSA/DRE (Ghana)

Dakar Cancer Consortium: A Public-Private Partnership Université Cheikh Anta Diop Hôpital Général de Grand Yoff Hôpital Aristide le Dantec Bio24 Centre de Diagnostic et de Recherche en Medicine Moleculaire Institut Pasteur Institut de Formation et de Recherche en Urologie Private Lab Public Hospital UniversityFoundation Clinical Data AccrualLaboratory Research Biobank

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