Virtual Symposium of Breast Cancer Epidemiology in Ghana

This National Cancer Institute-sponsored symposium aimed to:

Bring together experts, collaborators, and advocates to review the current landscape and identify gaps of breast cancer epidemiology in Ghana
Build new collaborative networks that can facilitate improved understanding of breast cancer risk factors to improve prevention
Increase knowledge exchange and opportunities for early-career researchers interested in breast cancer epidemiology and public health in Ghana (and Africa more broadly).

0:00 Welcome
10:48 1.1.WHO Study on Global Ageing & Adult Health longitudinal study
27:48 1.2.Accra and Kumasi Cancer registries
44:07 1.3.Breast cancer genetic susceptibility
1:05:42 2.1.Molecular Pathology in Ghana opportunities and challenges
1:22:36 2.2.Risk factors by molecular markers and subtype
1:36:04 3.1.Population structure and age at breast cancer diagnosis in Ghana vs US
1:41:38 3.2.Environmental Exposures and Reproductive Risk Factors
1:54:18 3.3.Systematic literature review of risk factor associations with breast cancer
2:02:16 3.4.Reproductive Risk Factors & Breast Cancer Molecular Subtypes
2:26:47 4.1.Lessons learned from the International Breast cancer study
2:42:12 4.2.Genomic analysis and breast cancer liquid biops