Breast Cancer Survival in Sub-Saharan Africa

Global Cancer Research and Control Seminar Series

May 4, 2021 | 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM

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Valerie McCormack, Ph.D., and Steady Chasimpha, MSc, presented their research focused mostly on cancer epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa, including on cancers contributing to excessive premature mortality in the region. This work included contextual studies of the reasons – biological, societal, and health systems – for low breast cancer survival as well as etiological research on esophageal cancer. The African Breast Cancer Disparities in Outcomes study (ABC-DO) is a breast cancer cohort initiated in 2014 across 5 Sub-Saharan African countries and has quantified the factors that need to be tackled to avoid breast cancers. The study also provides unique information on quality of life and the intergenerational impact of cancer deaths.

Dr. Valerie McCormack and Mr. Steady Chasimpha are epidemiologists based at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine respectively.

Learn more about this work and the Global Cancer Research and Control Seminar Series.