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Health Inequity in Sexual Health Services Among Chinese Men with Prostate Cancer in the Public Hospital Setting, 2021 PCF-Pfizer Health Equity Challenge Award - Marques Shek Nam Ng

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Marques Shek Nam Ng, a recipient of the 2021 PCF-Pfizer Global Health Equity Challenge Awards, joins Charles Ryan in a discussion on research he and colleagues performed on Health Inequity in Sexual Health Services Among Chinese Men with Prostate Cancer in the Public Hospital Setting. In this research study, Ng et al. identified three determinants of health that are specific to sexual health servi...

Prostate Cancer Care in Western Kenya, 2021 PCF-Pfizer Health Equity Challenge Award - Pius Musau

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Pius Musau, a recipient of the 2021 PCF-Pfizer Global Health Equity Challenge Awards, joins Charles Ryan in a discussion on his research on Prostate Cancer Care in Western Kenya: The Determination of Barriers to Care, Establishment and Interrogation of Rapid Access Satellite Clinics and Evaluation of Instituted Measures for Improved Outcomes. In Africa, mortality related to prostate cancer has bee...

Systems Strengthening Intervention for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer Management in a Low Middle Income Country in Sub-Saharan Africa, PCF-Pfizer Global Health Equity Challenge Award - Musliu To...

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Musliu Tolani, a recipient of the 2021 PCF-Pfizer Global Health Equity Challenge Awards, joins Charles Ryan in a discussion on his research on the Utilization of an Implementation Science Approach to Develop and Evaluate a Systems Strengthening Intervention for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer Management in a Low Middle Income Country in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study aimed to predict and ident...

Correlation Between Prostate Cancer and PSA, Community Awareness and Barriers Associated with Screening Among Men in Northern Tanzania, 2021 PCF-Pfizer Health Equity Challenge Award - Blandina Mmbaga,...

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Blandina Mmbaga, Alex Mremi, and Nicholaus Ngoowi, recipients of the 2021 PCF-Pfizer Global Health Equity Challenge Award, join Charles Ryan in discussing their research on Community Awareness and Barriers Associated with Screening Among Men in Northern Tanzania. Late diagnosis of prostate cancer is common in low and middle-income countries and contributes to high morbidity and mortality of the di...

Integrating Orthodox and Traditional Prostate Cancer Care and Treatment in Ghana, 2021 PCF-Pfizer Health Equity Challenge Award - Patrick Maison

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Charles Ryan is joined in conversation with Patrick Maison, a recipient of the 2021 PCF Pfizer Health Equity Challenge Award for his work on integrating orthodox and traditional prostate cancer care and treatment in Ghana. The incidence of prostate cancer has been rising in Ghana since 2019. Epidemiological studies found that most patients with prostate cancer present late, and because of that, th...

Understanding Barriers to and Facilitators of Prostate Cancer Screening Among Men in Uganda Prisons, 2021 PCF-Pfizer Health Equity Challenge Award - Jackson Orem

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Charles Ryan is joined in conversation with Jackson Orem, a recipient of the 2021 PCF Pfizer Health Equity Challenge Award for his work on barriers to and facilitators of prostate cancer screening among men in Uganda prisons. Research has shown that prostate cancer is increasing at a rate of 5.2% annually, and as few as 5% of patients ever get screened in Uganda. Dr. Orem and his team are looking...

Radiotherapy Deserts in Prostate Cancer: Radiation Resource Density & Use in the US, 2021 PCF-Pfizer Global Health Equity Challenge Award - Sara Alcorn & Anna LaVigne

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PCF-Pfizer Health Equity Challenge Award recipients Sara Alcorn and Anna LaVigne join Charles Ryan in a discussion on the awareness and understanding of existing oncologic disparities in the diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of prostate cancer patients. This work being highlighted is supported by the PCF-Pfizer Health Equity Challenge Award grant mechanism. Their group's study model titled Radiot...

Extending Prostate Genetic Awareness, Navigation and Delivery for Genetic Testing in Males of African American Decent - The EXPAND Network, 2021 PCF-Pfizer Global Health Equity Challenge Award - Veda...

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Veda Giri joins Charles Ryan in a discussion on the EXPAND Network, EX tending P rostate Cancer Genetic A wareness, N avigation, and D elivery for genetic testing, and genetic awareness in males of African descent for Black men. This project is supported by the 2021 PCF-Pfizer Health Equity Challenge Award grant mechanism. Dr. Giri provides the rationale for this project stemming from statistics f...

Exercise Oncology in Prostate Cancer, 2021 PCF-Pfizer Global Health Equity Challenge Award - Christina Dieli-Conwright

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2021 PCF-Pfizer Health Equity Challenge Award recipient Christina Dieli-Conwright joins Charles Ryan in a discussion on exercise oncology, particularly in prostate cancer. A field of research that is centered around the utilization of exercise or physical fitness to enhance the lives of people diagnosed with cancer or at risk of developing cancer. Dieli-Conwright details on the POWER trial, Exerci...