Global Disparities in Skin Cancer Services at HIV Treatment Centers Across 29 Countries

Overview

Journal J Invest Dermatol

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Dermatology

Date 2021 Apr 17

PMID 33864771

Citations 3

Authors

Devon E McMahon

Aggrey Semeere

Miriam Laker-Oketta

Helen Byakwaga

Catrina Mugglin

Stephany N Duda

Iskandar Azwa

Antoine Jaquet

Sandra Wagner Cardoso

Denis Nash

C William Wester

Esther E Freeman

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Citing Articles

Survival Following Diagnosis of HIV-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma Among Adults in East Africa in the "Treat-All" Era.

Byakwaga H, Semeere A, Laker-Oketta M, Busakhala N, Freeman E, Rotich E medRxiv. 2024; .

PMID: 39252899 PMC: 11383447. DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.26.24312536.

Design and implementation of a global site assessment survey among HIV clinics participating in the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) research consortium.

Brazier E, Maruri F, Wester C, Musick B, Freeman A, Parcesepe A PLoS One. 2023; 18(3):e0268167.

PMID: 36917598 PMC: 10013879. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268167.

Barriers and facilitators to chemotherapy initiation and adherence for patients with HIV-associated Kaposi's sarcoma in Kenya: a qualitative study.

McMahon D, Singh R, Chemtai L, Semeere A, Byakwaga H, Grant M Infect Agent Cancer. 2022; 17(1):37.

PMID: 35794634 PMC: 9258164. DOI: 10.1186/s13027-022-00444-0.

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