Global oncology :Harvard Global Health Catalyst summit lecture notes /

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"Version: 20170801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Foreword / by Slavik Tabakov -- Foreword / by Brian Kavanagh -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Global oncology and the Harvard Global Health Catalyst summits -- 1.2. Book overview2. Global oncology education -- 2.1. Seed Global Health -- 2.2. The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) -- 2.3. The African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) -- 2.4. The American Association for Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) : international outreach programs -- 2.5. The Federation of African Medical Physics Organizations (FAMPO) -- 2.6. Other global oncology education initiatives3. Global oncology research -- 3.1. Funding for global oncology research -- 3.2. Information and communication technology powered approaches for global radiation oncology research -- 3.3. Low-cost technologies for global oncology4. Global oncology care : until every cancer patient has access to treatment -- 4.1. Expanding global access to radiotherapy -- 4.2. Conquering cancer -- 4.3. Global Oncology (GO) -- 4.4. Need for global radiation oncology care collaborations : example, Cameroon -- 4.5. The pain divide : palliative care -- 4.6. The Global Health Catalyst Win-Win Initiative5. Global oncology outreach : cancer prevention and advocacy -- 5.1. Closing the cancer divide : best buys in prevention and advocacy -- 5.2. Public health oncology : an ounce of prevention -- 5.3. Partnering with athletes -- 5.4. Partnering with the resource-laden diaspora -- 5.5. Partnering with religious institutions6. Frequently asked questions in global oncology -- 6.1. FAQ on global oncology care -- 6.2. FAQ on global oncology research -- 6.3. FAQ on global oncology education -- 6.4. Other frequently asked questions7. Quo vadis? Cancer moonshot for global oncology -- 7.1. The Cancer moonshot -- 7.2. What is the equivalent of the Cancer moonshot for global health? -- 7.3. The value of public-private partnerships -- 7.4. Virtual Harambee powered by ICTs and the diaspora -- 7.5. Other focus areas on the global oncology moonshot emerging from the Harvard GHC summits.The material presented in this book is at the cutting-edge of global oncology and provides highly illuminating examples, addresses frequently asked questions, and provides information and a reference for future work in global oncology care, research, education, and outreach.Anyone interested in global health: radiation oncologists, medical physicists, industry, and global health leaders, trainees.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader. or Kindle reader.Wilfred Ngwa is the Director of the Global Health Catalyst program at Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center and a professor of radiation oncology and faculty medical physicist at Harvard Medical School and the University of Massachusetts. He also currently holds an international guest professorship at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. He has published two books and won a number of awards and prizes, including the 2015 BrIght Futures Prize for innovative new technology designed for use during radiotherapy to kill cancer cells that have spread to other parts of the body. Paul Nguyen MD is the Director of Prostate Brachytherapy, Senior Physician, and Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School.Title from PDF title page (viewed on September 22, 2017).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :color illustrations, color map.

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English

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9780750313599

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Diagnostic imaging.
Radiology.
Cancer
World health.
Neoplasms
Radiation Oncology

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Wilfred Ngwa, Paul Nguyen.

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