BRIDGEing the Gap: Impact of a Short Virtual Course on Delivering Global‐Standard Breast Cancer Care in Low‐Resource Settings
The BRIDGE Course successfully enhanced knowledge and confidence in resource-adapted breast cancer surgery, with strong intent to implement and improve practices. Such short, focused virtual programs may serve as a scalable model for narrowing disparities in breast cancer care across LMICs.
Authors
- Gaurav Agarwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4194-2670)
- Régis Resende Paulinelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9899-9278)
- Pooja Ramakant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6503-1727)
- Anjali Mishra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4077-402X)
- Chandan Kumar Jha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0968-3269)
- Raouef Ahmed Bichoo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9386-403X)
- Suhani Sinha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8800-6321)
- Raghavan Vidya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6129-2444)
- Amar R. Deshpande (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0848-7158)
- Sanjay Kumar Yadav (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0682-4970)
- Dhananjaya Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0604-8676)
- Cheng Har Yip (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6507-9675)
- Sumohan Chatterjee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6890-2930)
- Santiago Sherwell‐Cabello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8462-0244)
- Rishikesh Parmeshwar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8162-2746)
- Sanjit Kumar Agrawal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3561-4534)
- Qurratulain Chougle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3204-4852)
- Dileep Ramesh Hoysal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9613-8471)
- Goonj Johri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3699-7338)
- Gabriela Calderón (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4948-1314)
- Deepti Bala Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-8482)
- K. M. M. Vishvak Chanthar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9599-6626)
- Soumen Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0938-7622)
- S Bharath
- Anurag Srivastava (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5855-8865)
- Chitresh Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9433-9336)
- Paul Mazhuvanchary Jacob (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8780-3812)
- Steven Cai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6546-3909)
- G. K. Garg
- Devam Baderiya
Institutions
- University Malaya Medical Centre (MY)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur (IN)
- International Potato Center (PE)
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Christian Medical College, Vellore (IN)
- University of Lucknow (IN)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur (IN)
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College (IN)
- Hospital Kuala Lumpur (MY)
- Tata Memorial Hospital (IN)
- Government Vellore Medical College (IN)
- Princess Anne Hospital (GB)
- King George's Medical University (IN)
- University of Malaya (MY)
- Tata Medical Center (IN)
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre (IN)
- Breast Cancer Care (GB)
- Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Cancer Research Institute (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal (IN)
- Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Hospital Araújo Jorge (BR)
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (GB)
- Centre of Biomedical Research (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2025-12-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/wjs.70195
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.09