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Re-establishing a surgical pathology service in Kumasi, Ghana†

Case report and discussion of barriers and key elements of a successful collaboration between low- and high-resource countries

  1. Helge Stalsberg MD, PhD1,‡,*,
  2. Baffour Awuah MD2,
  3. Julio A. Ibarra MD3,
  4. Anthony Nsiah-Asare MD2

Article first published online: 3 OCT 2008

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23830

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Cancer

Cancer

Supplement: Guidelines for International Breast Health and Cancer Control–Implementation

Volume 113, Issue Supplement 8, pages 2338–2346, 15 October 2008

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Stalsberg, H., Awuah, B., Ibarra, J. A. and Nsiah-Asare, A. (2008), Re-establishing a surgical pathology service in Kumasi, Ghana. Cancer, 113: 2338–2346. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23830

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  1. 1

    Department of Pathology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway

  2. 2

    Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

  3. 3

    Department of Pathology, Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center, Fountain Valley, Southern California

  1. ‡

    Fax: (011) 47 77 62 72 04

*Department of Pathology, University Hospital of North Norway, 9038 Tromsø, Norway

  1. †

    Complete financial disclosures are presented at the end of this article.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 OCT 2008
  2. Article first published online: 3 OCT 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 24 JUN 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 10 JUN 2008

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