Closing the Cancer Divide Through Ubuntu: Information and Communication Technology-Powered Models for Global Radiation Oncology

Wilfred Ngwa; Twalib Ngoma; Anthony Zietman; Nina Mayr; Ahmed Elzawawy; Thomas A. Winningham; Onyinye Balogun; Nelly Enwerem-Bromson; Christian Ntizimira; Olufunmilayo I. Olopade; Doyin Oluwole; Folakemi Odedina; Makeda Williams; John Flanigan; Lydia Asana; Kenneth Ngwa; Stephen Avery; Julianne M. Pollard; Teboh Roland; Neba Funwi-Gabga; Victor Mbarika; Patricia Hardenbergh; Karen Winkfield; Yakov Pipman; Christina Stefan; Mamsau Ngoma; Sulma Mohammed; Matthew Katz; Sajo Erno; Janaki Moni; Thomas Fitzgerald; Nathan Tonlaar; Jason Efstathiou; David Gierga; Charles Ayo; Felicia Knaul; Mary Gospodarowicz; G. Mike Makrigiorgos; Paul L. Nguyen

doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.10.063

Closing the Cancer Divide Through Ubuntu: Information and Communication Technology-Powered Models for Global Radiation Oncology

Wilfred Ngwa, Twalib Ngoma, Anthony Zietman, Nina Mayr, Ahmed Elzawawy, Thomas A. Winningham, Onyinye Balogun, Nelly Enwerem-Bromson, Christian Ntizimira, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Doyin Oluwole, Folakemi Odedina, Makeda Williams, John Flanigan, Lydia Asana, Kenneth Ngwa, Stephen Avery, Julianne M. Pollard, Teboh Roland, Neba Funwi-GabgaVictor Mbarika, Patricia Hardenbergh, Karen Winkfield, Yakov Pipman, Christina Stefan, Mamsau Ngoma, Sulma Mohammed, Matthew Katz, Sajo Erno, Janaki Moni, Thomas Fitzgerald, Nathan Tonlaar, Jason Efstathiou, David Gierga, Charles Ayo, Felicia Knaul, Mary Gospodarowicz, G. Mike Makrigiorgos, Paul L. Nguyen

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	440-449
Number of pages	10
Journal	International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics
Volume	94
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.10.063
State	Published - 2016

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Oncology
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
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Ngwa, W., Ngoma, T., Zietman, A., Mayr, N., Elzawawy, A., Winningham, T. A., Balogun, O., Enwerem-Bromson, N., Ntizimira, C., Olopade, O. I., Oluwole, D., Odedina, F., Williams, M., Flanigan, J., Asana, L., Ngwa, K., Avery, S., Pollard, J. M., Roland, T., ... Nguyen, P. L. (2016). Closing the Cancer Divide Through Ubuntu: Information and Communication Technology-Powered Models for Global Radiation Oncology. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 94(3), 440-449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.10.063

Ngwa, W, Ngoma, T, Zietman, A, Mayr, N, Elzawawy, A, Winningham, TA, Balogun, O, Enwerem-Bromson, N, Ntizimira, C, Olopade, OI, Oluwole, D, Odedina, F, Williams, M, Flanigan, J, Asana, L, Ngwa, K, Avery, S, Pollard, JM, Roland, T, Funwi-Gabga, N, Mbarika, V, Hardenbergh, P, Winkfield, K, Pipman, Y, Stefan, C, Ngoma, M, Mohammed, S, Katz, M, Erno, S, Moni, J, Fitzgerald, T, Tonlaar, N, Efstathiou, J, Gierga, D, Ayo, C, Knaul, F, Gospodarowicz, M, Makrigiorgos, GM & Nguyen, PL 2016, 'Closing the Cancer Divide Through Ubuntu: Information and Communication Technology-Powered Models for Global Radiation Oncology', International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, vol. 94, no. 3, pp. 440-449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.10.063

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