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Dr Bodour Salhia speaks to ecancer about her talk on the 'Liquid biopsies as translational tools for advancing cancer immunotherapy in Africa'.
She begins by outlining the challenges in validating liquid biopsy biomarkers for African populations and also the main technical barriers for implementing them in African healthcare systems.
Dr Salhia explains that industry, government and university partnerships as well as training facilities are all needed to help bring liquid biopsies to Africa.
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Current state of cancer genomics in Africa
Integrating oncogenetics testing into African clinics and cancer control programs
African Oncogenetics Network: improving training and infrastructure in low-resource regions
Hammamet Declaration on Oncogenetics in Africa: African Oncogenetics Network
The aims of the African Oncogenetics Network
Addressing cancer control challenges in Africa
Essential breast cancer medicines
Prostate cancer
