Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation, in collaboration with Pfizer Global Medical Grants, has announced grants totaling more than $1 million to support innovative approaches for addressing inequities and improving the quality of metastatic breast cancer (mBC) patient care in Latin America, where breast cancer remains the most common type of cancer in women. These grants will support nine projects in seven countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Click here for the full announcement.
The grant recipients are
Ingiborg Araya, MD, PhD
Grupo Oncologico Cooperativo Chileno de Investigacion (GOCCHI)
Chile
“Pattern of care of metastatic breast cancer in five Latin American Countries”
Gustavo Arruda, MD, PhD
University of Sao Paulo
Brazil
“Evaluating the influence and interaction between patient, tumor characteristics and social determinants of health on survival of metastatic breast cancer in patients from a Latin American Country: a population study”
Yanin Chavarri Guerra, MD
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubirán
Mexico
“Social Determinants of Health and Disparities in Cancer Care for patients with metastatic breast cancer in Mexico”
Valeria Colomo Costas, MD
Grupo de Estudios Clínicos Oncológicos del Perú
Peru
“Mobile application: “mamaCARE,” digital tool for metastatic breast cancer patients”
Maria Gonzalez Donna, MD
Instituto Nacional del Cáncer (INCAN)
Paraguay
“Network implementation for the orientation and prompt attention of patients with diagnosis or suspicion of metastatic breast cancer (RACAM)”
Jorge Luis Hidalgo, MD
Fundación Centro Oncológico de Integración Regional (COIR)
Argentina
“Inequities in the comprehensive management of patients with advanced or locally advanced breast cancer”
Amalia Hosein, PhD
The University of Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
“Improving metastatic breast cancer (mBC) quality of care and equity in the Caribbean”
Maria Jimena Montoya, RN
Universidad CES
Colombia
“Navigation strategy, self-management, and support for women with metastatic breast cancer in Colombia”
Gustavo Sandival, MD
Hospital Regional Guillermo Diaz de la Vega
Peru
“Integration Plan of a Palliative Medicine Program for a Patient with Metastatic Breast Cancer in Southern Peru”
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