Challenges and opportunities in ovarian cancer care: A qualitative study of clinician perspectives from 24 low- and middle-income countries
This study reveals the complexity of ovarian cancer treatment and care in LMICs and the need to mitigate disparities in these regions, underscoring the need for patient-centred, context specific and intersectoral strategies to be considered in cancer planning to improve ovarian cancer care quality and equity in LMICs.
Authors
- Yin Ling Woo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1742-1066)
- Frances Reid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7235-6637)
- Aisha Mustapha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5599-5453)
- Iren Lau
- Anmol Bajwa
- Mary Eiken
- Phaedra Charlton
- Afrin Fatima Shaffi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8851-9741)
- Carlos Chávez-Chirinos
- Garth Funston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4156-6401)
- Clara Mackay
- Susan Msadabwe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3887-3790)
- Jitendra Pariyar
- Eva-Maria Strömsholm
- Precious Takondwa Makondi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2584-3883)
- Ricardina Rangeiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3782-8234)
- Florencia Noll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4815-3914)
- Martin Origa
- Tracey L. Adams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6649-5988)
- Erick Estuardo Estrada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5184-556X)
- Runcie C.W. Chidebe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6025-776X)
- Asima Mukhopadhyay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0761-9562)
- Shahana Pervin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7029-7514)
- Ian Bambury
- Isabelle Soerjomataram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6017-741X)
- Sara Nasser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5719-7532)
- S. Robin Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2153-8486)
- Nargiza Zakhirova
- David Cantú de León (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0229-7931)
- René Pareja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0093-0438)
- Nada Benhima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3032-2751)
- Raikhan Bolatbekova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4576-5432)
- Basel Refky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7505-0526)
- Rafe Sadnan Adel
- Dilyara Kaidarova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0969-5983)
- Carlos Eduardo Mattos Cunha Andrade
- Thomas O. Konney
- Ngoc Phan
Institutions
- University Malaya Medical Centre (MY)
- Pininfarina (Italy) (IT)
- University of the West Indies System (JM)
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (GH)
- Da Nang Hospital (VN)
- Kamuzu Central Hospital (MW)
- Hospital General San Juan de Dios (GT)
- Groote Schuur Hospital (ZA)
- Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (IN)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- University of Zambia (ZM)
- University of Malaya (MY)
- Mansoura University Hospital (EG)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mohammed VI (MA)
- Hospital de Câncer de Barretos (BR)
- Occupational Cancer Research Centre (CA)
- Ovarian Cancer Canada (CA)
- Uganda Cancer Institute (UG)
- Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (CO)
- Kazakh Institute of Oncology and Radiology (KZ)
- Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (NG)
- Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas (PE)
- Maputo Central Hospital (MZ)
- University of the West Indies (JM)
- Cancer Society of Finland (FI)
- Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (MX)
- National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital (BD)
- Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (US)
- Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute (UZ)
- Republican Scientific and Practical Center of Neurology and Neurosurgery (BY)
- Civil Service Hospital (NP)
- Japan Cancer Society (JP)
- Fundacion Allende (AR)
- Centre international de recherche sur le cancer (FR)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Miami University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Cancer Policy
- Published
- 2025-04-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpo.2025.100582
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 21.92