Sunday, November 7, 2021

6:00 PM - 7:15 PM

STREAM 3

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This educational workshop will be facilitated by Burkitt’s Lymphoma Fund for Africa (BLFA) with focus on improving cancer diagnosis and care in Sub-Saharan Africa. The first part of the workshop will highlight state-of-the art technology that improves speed, accuracy and utility for classifying and diagnosing hematologic malignancies. This section will also emphasize and discuss the importance of measurable residual disease and how this can be applied post-treatment to monitor patients. The second part of the workshop will apply an Oncologist’s perspective on the challenges of bringing patients into care in resource limited settings. This will be an experiential section of the workshop to share lessons from more than a decade of Oncology Care in Western Kenya and how health systems can improve cancer care. The workshop will end with a moderated Q&A taking questions from delegates and answers from the speakers. BLFA is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization based in Seattle, Washington, supporting innovative programs to reduce the disparities in childhood cancer care in underserved areas. Our mission is to cure children with cancer by ensuring patients and families receive the medical, social, and economic support needed to help them successfully access and complete curative treatment. We do this by supporting in-country programs in partnership with NGOs, medical centers, and governmental organizations.

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