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Project Echo: A Telementoring Program For Cervical Cancer Prevention And Treatment In Low-Resource Settings, Melissa S Lopez, Ellen S Baker, Andrea M Milbourne, Rose M Gowen, Ana M Rodriguez, Cesaltina Lorenzoni, Catherine Mwaba, Susan Citonje Msadabwe, José Humberto Tavares, Georgia Fontes-Cintra, Gustavo Zucca-Matthes, Donato Callegaro-Filho, Danielle Ramos-Martin, Icaro Thiago De Carvalho, Robson Coelho, Renato Moretti Marques, Thiago Chulam, Mila Pontremoli-Salcedo, Fernanda Nozar, Veronica Fiol, Mauricio Maza, Sanjeev Arora, Ernest T Hawk, Kathleen M Schmeler Oct 2017

Project Echo: A Telementoring Program For Cervical Cancer Prevention And Treatment In Low-Resource Settings, Melissa S Lopez, Ellen S Baker, Andrea M Milbourne, Rose M Gowen, Ana M Rodriguez, Cesaltina Lorenzoni, Catherine Mwaba, Susan Citonje Msadabwe, José Humberto Tavares, Georgia Fontes-Cintra, Gustavo Zucca-Matthes, Donato Callegaro-Filho, Danielle Ramos-Martin, Icaro Thiago De Carvalho, Robson Coelho, Renato Moretti Marques, Thiago Chulam, Mila Pontremoli-Salcedo, Fernanda Nozar, Veronica Fiol, Mauricio Maza, Sanjeev Arora, Ernest T Hawk, Kathleen M Schmeler

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Cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates are significantly higher in low- and middle-income countries compared with the United States and other developed countries. This disparity is caused by decreased access to screening, often coupled with low numbers of trained providers offering cancer prevention and treatment services. However, similar disparities are also found in underserved areas of the United States, such as the Texas-Mexico border, where cervical cancer mortality rates are 30% higher than in the rest of Texas. To address these issues, we have adopted the Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) program, a low-cost telementoring model previously proven …


Repurposing Mebendazole As A Replacement For Vincristine For The Treatment Of Brain Tumors, M. De Witt, A. Gamble, D. Hanson, D. Markowitz, C. Powell, S. Al Dimassi, M. Atlas, J. Boockvar, R. Ruggieri, M. Symons Jan 2017

Repurposing Mebendazole As A Replacement For Vincristine For The Treatment Of Brain Tumors, M. De Witt, A. Gamble, D. Hanson, D. Markowitz, C. Powell, S. Al Dimassi, M. Atlas, J. Boockvar, R. Ruggieri, M. Symons

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