Pearls of Global Impact International Technology Transfer Fellowships In 2016, the Foundation began to fund International Cancer Technology Transfer Fellowships, focusing on rapid transfer of knowledge and technology in cancer prevention and early detection. The program was initiated through a partnership with the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), an international nonprofit organization.The Technology Transfer Fellowships allow health care professionals in poor nations to train on vital, lifesaving equipment for the early detection and treatment of cancer at top research and cancer institutes around the world. The first fellow supported by the Foundation was Ranjan Duggal, M.D., who was trained at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. There, he was able to implement his project, Immunohistochemical Approach in Poorly Differentiated Genitourinary Malignancies Where Question of Prostatic Origin Is an Issue. Dr. Duggal is on staff at Medata The Medicity, a well-known hospital in Delhi, India. According to Dr. Duggal, implementing the tests with newer, more-specific markers of prostate cancer will help his lab more correctly identify the origin of cancer in 25-30 percent of the poorly differentiated tumor samples, thus improving early diagnosis and initiation of appropriate treatment. Dr. Duggal will then share his knowledge and training with other hospitals in the region
Detecting Cancer in Rwanda These days, you can use your cell phone to send emails, order takeout or do just about anything. Now Philip Castle, Ph.D., is testing an innovative new use for your phone—detecting cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is a disease linked to poverty. In fact, 76 percent of new cervical cancer cases and 88 percent of deaths across the globe occur in developing countries with minimal resources to vaccinate, screen or treat women for this deadly disease. This year, the Prevent Cancer FoundationŽ awarded Dr. Castle a grant to evaluate the ability to detect cervical cancer early with new technology built on a mobile phone base. This would have the potential to make cervical cancer screening more available in low-resource countries where cervical cancer rates are still high. This project is part of a larger study of cervical cancer in HIV-infected women in Rwanda. . Funding for this grant was made possible by the 6th annual Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) speedrunning marathon.
2016 ANNiversary REPORT
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