Liver Cancer in Africa: Medical Facts, Rights and Obligations

Unspecified medical conference presentation · September 24, 2024

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Unidentified introducer presented Ghassan Abu Alfar and summarized his affiliations (Memorial Sloan Kettering; professorship at Cornell; adjunct role at Trinity College Dublin) and research leadership in liver cancer clinical trials.

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Ghassan Abu Alfar of Memorial Sloan Kettering presented survey results and a plan to develop a continental hepatocellular carcinoma guideline for Africa, highlighting severe gaps in diagnostics and treatment access (median survival ~3 months in some settings), and describing a multi‑partner research and ethics approach to share tissue and data responsibly.

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