PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Cancer

2021

A Text Mining Approach in the Classification of Free-Text Cancer Pathology Reports from the South African National Health Laboratory Services

Achilonu, Okechinyere J; Olago, Victor; Singh, Elvira; Eijkemans, René M J C; Nimako, Gideon; Musenge, Eustasius

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Age‐specific burden of cervical cancer associated with HIV : a global analysis with a focus on sub‐Saharan Africa

Ibrahim Khalil; Ahmadaye, Mpunga, Tharcisse; Wei, Feixue; Baussano, Iacopo; Martel, Catherine; Bray, Freddie; Stelzle, Dominik; Dryden‐Peterson, Scott; Jaquet, Antoine; Horner, Marie‐Josèphe; Awolude, Olutosin A; Trejo, Mario Jesus; Mudini, Washington; Soliman, Amr S.; Sengayi‐Muchengeti, Mazvita; Coghill, Anna E.; Aardt, Matthys C; De Vuyst, Hugo; Hawes, Stephen E; Broutet, Nathalie; Dalal, Shona; Clifford, Gary M

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Cancer in HIV- positive and HIV-negative adolescents and young adults in South Africa:a cross-sectional study

Dhokotera Tafadzwa, Bohlius Julia, Egger, Matthias Spoerri, Adrian Ncayiyana Jabulani Ronnie Naidu, Gita, Olago Victor, Zwahlen Marcel, Singh Elvira, Muchengeti Mazvita

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Genetic Susceptibility to Breast Cancer in Sub-Saharan African Populations

Mahtaab Hayat, MSc1,2; Wenlong Carl Chen, MSc1,3,4; Jean-Tristan Brandenburg, PhD1 ; Chantal Babb de Villiers, PhD2 ; Michele Ramsay, PhD ` 1 ; and Christopher G. Mathew, PhD1,2,5

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Overall and central obesity and prostate cancer risk in African men

Ilir Agalliu, Wei‑Kaung Jerry Lin, Janice S. Zhang, Judith S. Jacobson, Thomas E. Rohan, Ben Adusei, Nana Yaa F. Snyper, Caroline Andrews, Elkhansa Sidahmed, James E. Mensah, Richard Biritwum, Andrew A. Adjei, Victoria Okyne, Joana Ainuson‑Quampah, Pedro Fernandez, Hayley Irusen, Emeka Odiaka, Oluyemisi Folake Folasire, Makinde Gabriel Ifeoluwa, Oseremen I. Aisuodionoe‑Shadrach, Maxwell Madueke Nwegbu, Audrey Pentz, Wenlong Carl Chen, Maureen Joffe, Alfred I. Neugut, Thierno Amadou Diallo, Mohamed Jalloh, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Akindele Olupelumi Adebiyi, Ann W. Hsing

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Ranking lifestyle risk factors for cervical cancer among Black women: A case-control study from Johannesburg, South Africa

Cassim N, Mapundu M, Olago V, Celik T, George JA, Glencross DK.

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Using text mining techniques to extract prostate cancer predictive information (Gleason score) from semi-structured narrative laboratory reports in the Gauteng province, South Africa

Cassim N, Mapundu M, Olago V, Celik T, George JA, Glencross DK.

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Cancer Risk in Adolescents and Young Adults Living with HIV in South Africa: A Nationwide Cohort Study

Ruffieux, Yann, Tafadzwa Dhokotera, Mazvita Muchengeti, Lina Bartels, Victor Olago, Julia Bohlius, Elvira Singh, Matthias Egger, and Eliane Rohner

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Evaluation of breast cancer data completeness at the National Cancer Registry in South Africa. Journal of Cancer Registry Management

Babongile C. Ndlovu; Mazvita Sengayi-Muchengeti; Patricia Kellett; Lazarus Kuonza; Herbert Cubasch; Elvira Singh; Wenlong C. Chen

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Predicting Colorectal Cancer Recurrence and Patient Survival Using Supervised Machine Learning Approach : A South African Population-Based Study.

Tafadzwa, Dhokotera, Riou Julien, Bartels Lina, Rohner Eliane, Chammartin Frederique, Johnson Leigh, Singh Elvira, Olago Victor, Sengayi Muchengeti Mazvita, Egger Matthias, Bohlius Julia, and Konstantinoudis Garyfallos

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Processing and analysis of tissue samples from esophageal cancer patients in an African setting

Lucien Ferndale, Mishalan Moodley, Wenlong C. Chen, Reubina Wadee, Colleen A. Wright, Mohamed Iqbal Parker, Pascale Willem, and Christopher G. Mathew

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Renal cancer: First look at a potential South African urology cancer registry

Rugakingira R, John J, Singh E, Chen WC, Wu Hue-Tsi, Lazarus J

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Impact of HIV infection on overall survival among women with stage IV cancer in South Africa

Yoanna S Pumpalova, Oluwatosin A Ayeni, Wenlong Carl Chen, Daniel S O’Neil, Sarah Nietz, Boitumelo Phakathi, Ines Buccimazza, Sharon Čačala, Laura W Stopforth, Hayley A Farrow, Maureen Joffe, Witness Mapanga, Judith S Jacobson, Katherine D Crew, Herbert Cubasch, Paul Ruff, Alfred I Neugut

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Reporting Incidences of Neuroblastoma in Various Resource Settings

Heerden J Van, Abraham N, Schoeman J, Reynders D, Singh E, Kruger M

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Spatiotemporal modelling and mapping of cervical cancer incidence among HIV positive women in South Africa : a nationwide study

Tafadzwa, Dhokotera, Riou Julien, Bartels Lina, Rohner Eliane, Chammartin Frederique, Johnson Leigh, Singh Elvira, Olago Victor, Sengayi Muchengeti Mazvita, Egger Matthias, Bohlius Julia, and Konstantinoudis Garyfallos

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Cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: a multinational population-based cohort study on patterns and guidelines adherence of care

Griesel M, Seraphin TP, Mezger NC, Herl L, Feuchtner J, Joko,Fru WY, et al. (Dr Mazvita Muchengeti is a co-author)

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Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality trends by sex and population group in South Africa: 2002–2014

Lactatia Motsuku, Wenlong Carl Chen, Mazvita Molleen Muchengeti, Megan Naidoo, Tamlyn Mac Quene, Patricia Kellett, Matshediso Ivy Mohlala, Kathryn M. Chu and Elvira Singh

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Conjunctival cancer in people living with HIV

Muchengeti, Mazvita; Bohlius, Juliac; Dhokotera, Tafadzwa G.

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Consensus study on the health system and patient-related barriers for lung cancer management in South Africa

Witness Mapanga, Shane A. Norris, Wenlong C. Chen, Charmaine Blanchard, Anita Graham, Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven, Tom Boyles, Bernard Donde, Linda Greef, Ken Huddle, Busisiwe Khumalo, Elizabeth Leepile, Buhle Lubuzo, Raynolda Makhutle, Yusuf Mayet, Merika Tsitsi, Preethi Mistri, Keletso Mmoledi, Mpho Ratshikana-Moloko, Rajen Morer, Lauren Pretorius, Jayshina Punwasi, Guy A. Richards, Paul Ruff, Dineo Shabalala, Maureen Sibadela, Nita Soma, Michelle Wong, Maureen Joffe

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