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PRESENTER ABSTRACT TITLE Basic Sciences P001 Ayepola, O P002 P003 Ayepola, O Bassey, IE PREVALENCE OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT BACTERIA IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND GUIDED SYSTEMATIC PROSTATE BIOPSY STUDIES ON THE BACTERIAL FLORA ASSOCIATED WITH PROSTATE CANCER FERTILITY HORMONES AND VITAMIN E IN ACTIVE AND PASSIVE ADULT MALE SMOKERS IN SOUTH SOUTH NIGERIA P004 Fyala, A SIGNAL TRANSDUCERS AND ACTIVATORS OF TRANSCRIPTION (STAT5A), NOVEL STRATEGY FOR HCC TREATMENT P005 Iweala, E HEXOKINASE II EXPRESSION AND VITAL BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF BREAST CANCER PATIENTS IN NIGERIA P006 Koumbadinga, GA P007 P008 Ndede, I Oluwole, O P009 Ouattara, A P010 Pieme, CA P011 Richardson, MR TGFBETA1-REGULATED UBIQUITINATION/ACETYLATION OF HNRNP F DETERMINES THE CELL SURVIVAL/DEATH VARIANT OF BCL-X IN BREAST CANCER CELLS CYTOKINES ASSOCIATED WITH BURKITT’S LYMPHOMA IN WESTERN KENYA PIN-LIKE PROSTATIC DUCT ADENOCARCINOMA IN A RESOURCE LIMITED SETTING: HAEMATOXYLIN & EOSIN DIAGNOSIS DETECTION OF CERVICAL HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS IN WOMEN ATTENDING CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING BY VISUAL INSPECTION IN COTE D’IVOIRE CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFECT OF TWO CAMEROONIAN SPICES AGAINST DOXORUBICIN INDUCED CARDIOTOXICITY ON H9C2 CELLS ACTIVATOR OF G-PROTEIN SIGNALING 3 (AGS3) MODULATES PROSTATE CANCER DEVELOPMENTAND PROGRESSION P012 Adoke, K EWING FAMILY TUMOURS: IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL REVIEW OF FIVE CASES IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN NIGERIA P013 Arko-boham, B P014 P015 P016 P017 P018 Ashktorab, H Boukansa, S Chibuzo, I Effi,A Eltom, S ALTERED VIMENTIN AND DAKP1 GENES EXPRESSION PROMOTES BREAST TUMOUR AGGRESSION IN GHANAIAN WOMEN DISTINCTIVE VARIANTS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WITH COLORECTAL NEOPLASIA EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER IN MOROCCO PSA CUT-OFF VALUE FOR NIGERIAN MEN MOLECULAR CLASSIFICATION OF BREAST CANCER IN COTE D'LVOIRE THE ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR: AN EMERGING DRUGGABLE TARGET FOR METASTATIC BREAST CANCER P019 Eziagu, U P020 P021 Gamrani, S Gyan, K P022 Hlophe, Y P023 P024 Katsidzira, L Lara Santos, L P025 P026 Louati, S Mutyaba, I P027 Ndede, I P028 P029 P030 Noel, O Okunade, K Schweizer, J P031 P032 Silkensen, S Simbiri, K P033 Sultan, A P034 Ndiaye, R P035 Ndiaye, R Biomarkers / Biomarqueurs IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL PROFILES OF INVASIVE DUCTAL CARCINOMA OF THE BREAST USING HORMONE RECEPTORS, HUMAN EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR TYPE 2 AND KI-67 BIOMARKERS IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE, NIGERIA. MOLECULAR SUBTYPES AND PREDICTIVE FACTORS OF BREAST CANCER COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BREAST CANCER PHENOTYPES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN, WHITE AMERICAN, AND WEST VERSUS EAST AFRICAN PATIENTS: CORRELATION BETWEEN AFRICAN ANCESTRY AND TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER EFFECTS OF CXC CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR-4 (CXCR-4) BLOCKADE ON EXPRESSION LEVELS OF TGF-ß, EGFR AND PDGFR IN MELANOMA AND ENDOTHELIOMA CELLS IN VITRO. THE GUT MICROBIOTA AND THE CHANGING COLON CANCER RISK IN ZIMBABWE MOLECULAR HETEROGENEITY IN BREAST CANCER. STUDY OF A CONSECUTIVE SAMPLE OF ANGOLAN PATIENTS. WHAT IMPLICATIONS? TRANSCRITS DE FUSION: OUTIL INDISPENSABLE DANS LE DIAGNOSTIC DES SARCOMES PERSISTENT EPSTEIN - BARR VIRUS VIREMIA, ELEVATED INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES, AND FREQUENT MALARIA INFECTIONS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF BURKITT LYMPHOMA AMONG CHILDREN IN UGANDA IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL PROFILE OF BURKITT’S LYMPHOMA AT MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL IN WESTERN KENYA MYC-N EXPRESSION DEFINES A NOVEL RARE SUBTYPE OF C-MYC NEGATIVE BURKITT LYMPHOMA SERUM TRACE ELEMENT LEVELS AND INVASIVE CANCER OF THE CERVIX IN NIGERIAN WOMEN FINDING WOMEN WITH CERVICAL MALIGNANCY AND THE RISK THEREOF VIA A SIMPLE TEST FOR ELEVATED E6 ONCOPROTEIN ASSESSING PATHWAYS TOWARD QUALITY BIOMARKER RESEARCH IN LMICS TRANSFORMATION OF PRIMARY CONJUNCTIVAL CELLS TRANSFECTED WITH PAPILLOMA AND HERPESVIRUS ONCOGENES INDOMETHACIN, NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG, INDUCES WILD-TYPE BRCA1, BUT NOT MUTATED BRCA1, AND REGULATES THE EXPRESSION OF THE NUCLEAR ONCOGENIC ?-CATENIN PROFIL EVOLUTIF DES TAUX PLASMATIQUES DE GALECTINE-3 AU COURS DE LA CHIMIOTHERAPIE ANTICANCEREUSE: INTERET PRONOSTIQUE DANS LE CANCER DU SEIN EVALUATION DES TAUX SERIQUES DE CD25 LIBRE DANS LE CANCER DU SEIN SOUS CHIMIOTHERAPIE: INTERET PRONOSTIQUE POSTER SCHEDULE ONE: TUES, 7 - WED, 8 NOVEMBER NO. PRESENTER ABSTRACT TITLE Cancer Advocacy P036 Adedimeji, A P037 Afolabi, EK P038 Asiimwe, P P039 P040 P041 Busheri, L Cabanes, A Chaussard, M P042 P043 P044 Chibuzo, I Chibuzo, I Ebusu, P P045 Elmore, S P046 Forae, G P047 Gizaw, M P048 Isanga, A P049 Isanga, A P050 Isanga, A P051 P052 Izuegbuna, O Kelbore, SG P053 P054 Kibugu Decuir, P Kiziri Mayengo, R P055 Lu, E P056 Makoba, J P057 Manirambona, L CULTURAL HEALTH BELIEFS AND BREAST CANCER SCREENING KNOWLEDGE AMONG RWANDAN WOMEN P058 P059 Mika, M Moronkola, O P060 Musoni, E P061 Okwor, V P062 P063 P064 Orunmuyi, A Parker, S Prasher, S P065 Tindwa, CH THE HISTORY OF AFRICANIZING BURKITT'S LYMPHOMA RESEARCH IN UGANDA CANCER KNOWLEDGE,BELIEF AND END OF LIFE COPING STRATEGIES OF RELATIVES OF CANCER PATIENTS RECEIVING CARE AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL,IBADAN PUBLIC AWARENESS OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING IN RWANDACASE STUDY OF RUSORORO SECTOR IN KIGALI CITY IMPROVING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS KNOWLEDGE OF AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS BREAST CANCER IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN EASTERN NIGERIA. SPONSORED BY UICC SPARC AS PART OF METASTATIC BREAST CANCER CHALLENGE PROJECT HISTORY, CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE IN NIGERIA PREVENTATION AND CONTROL OF CANCER SETTING UP A COMMUNITY OUTREACH CLINIC TO IMPROVE PROSTATE CANCER OUTCOMES IN AN ETHNICALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY - THE LONDON EXPERIENCE INTEGRATION OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS AND SCREENING INTO SPORTS EVENTS; A COST-EFFECTIVE AWARENESS AND SCREENING METHOD FOR LMICS P066 Awuah, B P067 P068 Burgert, S Chen, WC P069 P070 Chokunonga , E Dlamini, X CANCER RELATED KNOWLEDGE, RISK-ASSESSMENT AND PREVENTIVE BEHAVIORS AMONG URBAN YOUTH IN NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR PREVENTION, CONTROL AND IMPROVING HEALTH LITERACY. ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR TOWARDS BREAST CANCER PREVENTION AMONG FEMALE TEACHERS IN A SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA. TOWARDS INCREASED AWARENESS AND ADVOCACY: UGANDA’S COMMEMORATION OF WORLD CANCER DAY 2017 MOBILE COMMUNITY SCREENING FOR BREAST CANCER IN PUNE CITY, INDIA PROMISING PRACTICES FOR EQUITABLE ACCESS TO ONCOLOGY CARE IN ZAMBIA DEVELOPING LOCALLY RELEVANT, STRATEGIC AND EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATION MATERIALS FOR PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS: EXPERIENCE FROM ETHIOPIA, KENYA AND UGANDA FACTORS AFFECTING HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER “AM I GOING TO BECOME ONE – BREASTED MONSTER?” COORDINATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY EFFORTS FOR A SYSTEMATIC CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS EFFECTIVE CANCER CONTROL IN UGANDA QUALITY OF LIFE AND PSYCHOSOCIAL CONCERNS AMONG WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER AND CERVICAL CANCERS IN RWANDA: A MIXED-METHODS, CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY TRENDS AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL PATTERNS OF KAPOSI SARCOMA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BENIN TEACHING HOSPITAL, BENIN-CITY, NIGERIA KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF CERVICAL CANCER AND SCREENING AMONG PRIMARY HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN WEST WOLLEGA ZONE, ETHIOPIA THE DILEMMA OF CANCER PATIENTS AND TRADITIONAL HEALERS: AN APPROACH TO WOMEN’S KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION IN LUWEERO, UGANDA. THE DILEMMA OF CANCER PATIENTS AND TRADITIONAL HEALERS: AN APPROACH TO WOMEN’S KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION IN LUWEERO, UGANDA. CANCER PATIENTS AND TRADITIONAL HEALERS: AN APPROACH TO WOMEN’S KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION IN LUWEERO, UGANDA. NOLLYWOOD AND CANCER: A WORKABLE PARTNERSHIP KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS BREAST CANCER AND BREAST CANCER SCREENING AMONG FEMALE HEALTH OFFICERS AND NURSES IN ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA ONE SMARTPHONE PER VILLAGE: WE CAN USE WHAT WE HAVE TO GET WHERE WE WANT TO BE ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS OF METASTATIC BREAST CANCER PATIENTS, CHALLENGES AND GAPS IN MEETING THEIR NEEDS IN AFRICA, UGANDA BRIGHTER FUTURE TODAY: EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY FOR SCALING UP HPV VACCINATION THROUGH ADOLESCENT AND YOUTH HEALTH PLATFORM YOUTH IN ADVOCACY FOR NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDS): A TWITTER CAMPAIGN AIMED AT RAISING AWARENESS ON SLOW GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO LACK OF RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT IN UGANDA. Cancer Registration POPULATION-BASED CANCER REGISTRY: FOUR(4) YEAR REPORT OF KUMASI CANCER REGISTRY IN ASHANTI REGION OF GHANA INTERIM RESULTS FROM A HOSPITAL-BASED CANCER REGISTRY IN RURAL KENYA THE JOHANNESBURG CANCER STUDY (1995 – 2016): DESCRIPTION OF A RESOURCE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, SEROLOGICAL AND GENETIC CANCER RESEARCH IN BLACK SOUTH AFRICANS SOLID TUMOURS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE 1990-2014 BURDEN OF CANCER IN SWAZILAND 'INCIDENCE ONLY': 2014-2015 POSTER SCHEDULE ONE: TUES, 7 - WED, 8 NOVEMBER NO. P071 P072 PRESENTER Edwards, P Edwards, P P073 Lara Santos, L P074 P075 P076 M.Sahabi,S Mbuthini, L Muliro, N P077 P078 Sinayobye, JD Singh, E P079 Somdyala, N P080 Bazzett-Matabele, L P081 Gnangnon, FHR P082 KOTILA, O P083 Lara Santos, L P084 Lewis, P P085 P086 Low, D Ngidi, S P087 Oswald, H P088 Pupwe, G P089 Rapoport, B P090 Rapoport, B P091 Rapoport, B P092 Rapoport, B P093 P094 Rotimi, S Saibu, G P095 P096 Sowunmi, A Wishahi, M ABSTRACT TITLE ESTIMATING THE COST OF OPERATING THE ZIMBABWE NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE NAIROBI CANCER REGISTRY: IMPLICATIONS FOR EXPANDING AND ENHANCING CANCER REGISTRATION IN KENYA PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE CANCER REGISTRY OF THE AGOSTINHO NETO HOSPITAL IN CAPE VERDE CANCER OF THE CERVIX IN SOKOTO, NORTHWESTERN NIGERIA - A HISTOPATHOLOGICAL REVIEW CHECKING DATA COMPLETENESS AND QUALITY; METHOD USED BY EASTERN CAPE CANCER REGISTRY EPITHELIAL OVARIAN CANCER AT MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL, AN INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE: DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF DATA, 2010-2016 RWANDAN CANCER REGISTRY: RESULTS AND CHALLENGES BREAST CANCER TRENDS DIFFER BY ETHNICITY: A REPORT FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY (1994–2009) METHODS USED IN CHECKING VITAL STATUS INFORMATION BY EASTERN CAPE CANCER REGISTRY Chemotherapy NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADICAL SURGERY IN THE TREATMENT OF LOCALLY ADVANCED CERVICAL CANCER IN RWANDA GIANT GASTRO INTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR TREATED BY SORAFENIB WITH SPECTACULAR RESPONSE: CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW PHARMACEUTICAL NON-EQUIVALENCE OF CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE GENERIC BRANDS IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA– A LURKING DANGER TEACHING AND MENTORING PHARMACY TEAM IN ONCOLOGY PHARMACY UNITS. EXPERIENCE IN ANGOLA, MOZAMBIQUE AND CAPE VERDE. IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF CHEMOTHERAPY DELIVERY IN MBARARA: A PARTNERSHIP PROJECT BETWEEN MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (MUST) AND UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, BRISTOL (UHB) CHEMOTHERAPY USE AT THE END OF LIFE IN UGANDA INCIDENCE OF CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED NEUTROPENIA BETWEEN HIV-1 INFECTED AND UNINFECTED PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER RECEIVING NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY PTEN MUTATIONS AMONG GASTRIC TUMOR PATIENTS FROM RWANDA, A POTENTIAL FOR TARGETED THERAPY A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF TOXICITY AND OUTCOMES FOLLOWING CHEMOTHERAPY FOR THE OLDER POPULATION AT A SINGLE INSTITUTION ASSOCIATION OF VITILIGO WITH LONG TERM SURVIVAL AFTER TREATMENT WITH IPILIMUMAB IN METASTATIC MALIGNANT MELANOMA CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH NIVOLUMAB IN PRE-TREATED PATIENTS WITH NSCLC. SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCE OF IMMUNE-RELATED ADVERSE EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH IPILIMUMAB AND NIVOLUMAB IN A SINGLE CENTER PNEUMONITIS, OTHER PULMONARY INFILTRATIONS AND INFECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ANTI-PD-1 INHIBITOR TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER MOLECULAR MODELING OF POTENTIAL ANTI-KAISO AGENTS FROM AFRICAN MEDICINAL PLANTS GENE EXPRESSION MODULATORY EFFECT OF PARTIALLY-PURIFIED ACTIVE FRACTIONS OF FOUR NIGERIAN INDIGENOUS PLANTS ON CERVICAL CANCER CELL LINE (HELA) CHEMOTHERAPY ASSOCIATED RENAL INSUFFICIENCY IN CANCER PATIENTS RESULTS OF TREATMENT WITH GEMCITABINE, PACLITAXEL, DOXORUBICIN AND RADIOTHERAPY FOR URINARY BLADDER PRESERVATION FOR PATIENTS WITH NON-MUSCLE INVASICE HIGH GRADE RECURRENT T1 UROTHELIAL CANCER OF THE BLADDER: SURVIVAL AND QUALITY OF LIFE HIV/AIDS-related Cancers P097 Butonzi, J P098 P099 Butt, J El-khatib, Z P100 Freeman, E P101 Kaimila, B P102 Mburu, A P103 Moses, A THE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MORTALITY OUTCOMES OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH AIDS DEFINING CANCERS AT A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN KIGALI, RWANDA THE IMPACT OF HIV ON VULVAR CANCER CERVICAL CANCER STILL NEEDS FURTHER ATTENTION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, DESPITE THE SUCCESS OF ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN CONTROLLING THE HIV EPIDEMIC - POPULATION BASED REGISTRY ANALYSIS FOR YEARS 1995, 2005, 2010 and 2015 TIMING OF ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY FOR KAPOSI’S SARCOMA IN A LARGE COMMUNITYBASED HIV HEALTH CARE NETWORK IN KENYA CD4 COUNT AND HIV RNA TRENDS DURING TREATMENT FOR HIV-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS IN MALAWI A COMPARISON OF HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS VACCINATED AND NON VACCINATED ADOLESCENTS’ KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICES AND ACCEPTABILITY OF CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION AFTER HPV VACCINATION INITIATIVE IN ELDORET, KENYA. RISK FACTORS FOR COMMON CANCERS IN PATIENTS AT KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL, LILONGWE, MALAWI POSTER SCHEDULE ONE: TUES, 7 - WED, 8 NOVEMBER NO. P104 PRESENTER Motebejane, MS P105 P106 P107 Musiwa-Mba, P Mvungi, N Nabweteme, J ABSTRACT TITLE INTRACRANIAL MENINGIOMAS IN THE ERA OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AND ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPIES IN KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA REVIEW OF PENILE CANCER MANAGEMENT AT PARIRENYATWA HOSPITAL, ZIMBABWE. HIV INFECTION AND CARCINOMA OF THE CONJUCTIVA AT OCEAN ROAD CANCER INSTITUTE VIRAL HEPATITIS AND SCHISTOSOMIASES;RISK FACTORS FOR HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA IN UGANDA P108 Orang'o, O POST-LEEP FOLLOW-UP BY VIA AND PAP SMEAR IN HIV-POSITIVE AND HIV-NEGATIVE WOMEN IN WESTERN KENYA P109 P110 Semeere, A Sengayi, M P111 P112 Sengayi, M Tomoka, T FEASIBILITY OF USING RAPID CASE ASCERTAINMENT TO EVALUATE KAPOSI’S SARCOMA THE IMPACT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN HIV EPIDEMIC ON NATIONAL INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY OF KAPOSI SARCOMA CANCER RISK IN HIV-POSITIVE ADULTS RECEIVING ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN SOUTH AFRICA ACCURATE REAL-TIME DIAGNOSIS OF LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS IN MALAWI THROUGH CLINICOPATHOLOGIC TELECONFERENCES P113 Ajeani, J P114 Akanle, F P115 P116 Bennani, M Bukori, P P117 P118 Chao, C Cira, M P119 Company Serrat, A P120 Diarra, AS P121 Dusengimana, JV P122 Giattas, MRK P123 P124 Idowu, OK Kailemia, P P125 Martin, A P126 Muchiri, L P127 Obioha, K P128 Pace, L P129 Tapela, N P130 Williams, C IMPACT OF THE "CHOOSE WISELY CAMPAIGN (CWC)" IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CANCER BURDEN OF HIGHINCOME (HIC), MIDLLE-INCOME (MIC) AND LOW-INCOME (LIC) COUNTRIES P131 Bouka, J CHIRURGIE ONCOPLASTIQUE ET CONSERVATION MAMMAIRE DANS LE CANCER DU SEIN : A PROPOS DE 52 CAS. P132 Donaldson, S P133 Inoussa, SI P134 Abudu, R BOURSES RÉGIONALES POUR L'AFRIQUE FRANCOPHONE : UNE SOLUTION ADAPTÉE POUR RÉPONDRE AUX BESOINS REGIONAUX L’INGÉRENCE DE L'INDUSTRIE DU TABAC FREINE LA LUTTE CONTRE LE TABAC EN AFRIQUE: COMMENT Y FAIRE FACE MAPPING COLLABORATION NETWORKS OF CANCER RESEARCH IN AFRICA: A COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS OF NCI-FUNDED AWARDS WITH SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN RESEARCHERS DURING 2010-2016 P135 Agbeko, AE National Cancer Control Plans (NCCPs) THE JOURNEY TOWARDS EXCELLENCE IN GYNAECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY CARE AT MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL. A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE. PERCEPTION OF CANCER AND PERSONAL DECISION MAKING CONCERNING REGULAR BREAST EXAMINATION AND MAMMOGRAPHY AMONG EDUCATED WOMEN IN NIGERIA CHALLENGE OF MANAGING CANCER IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY UTILIZATION OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG WOMEN OFREPRODUCTIVE AGE IN KISARAWE DISTRICTCOAST REGION EXPANDING AN INTERACTIVE CANCER PROJECT MAP KNOWLEDGE SUMMARIES FOR BREAST CANCER CONTROL: AN ASSESSMENT OF RELEVANCE AND UTILITY IN THE KENYA CONTEXT OPTIMIZING TRAINING OF GENERAL NURSES AND DOCTORS TO MANAGE BREAST CANCER PATIENTS: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH IN ETHIOPIA MEDICAL STUDENT’S KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CERVICAL CANCER, HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS AND ITS VACCINE IMPACT OF A BREAST CANCER EARLY DETECTION INTERVENTION ON TIME TO EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH BREAST CONCERNS IN RURAL RWANDA ENGAGING PRIVATE INDUSTRY TO STRENGTHEN SYSTEM FOR MAINTANANCE OF CRYOTHERAPY MACHINES: LESSONS FROM TANZANIA PROFILE OF SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA IN NIGERIA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW EXPLORING DETERMINANTS OF, AND INTERVENTIONS FOR, DELAYED PRESENTATION OF WOMEN WITH BREAST SYMPTOMS: A MIXED- METHODS SYSTEMATIC REVIEW NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS MANAGING CANCER PATIENTS AT THE DISTRICT HOSPITAL LEVEL IN RWANDA IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATE, BONE MARROW ASPIRATE, AND BONE MARROW TREPHINE BIOPSY PROCEDURES AND SPECIMEN PROCESSING AT TERTIARY REFERRAL HOSPITALS IN KENYA ACCEPTANCE AND OUTCOME OF CERVICAL CYTOLOGY IN ENUGU, SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF POSTNATAL WOMEN AND OTHER NON-PREGNANT WOMEN IMPACT OF A BREAST CANCER EARLY DETECTION INTERVENTION ON PATIENT VOLUME, DIAGNOSES, AND CANCER STAGE AT HEALTH FACILITIES IN A RURAL RWANDAN DISTRICT PATIENT BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS AND CANCERS DIAGNOSED IN THE POTLAKO INITIATIVE IN BOTSWANA: THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LEVERAGING PRIMARY CARE IN CANCER EARLY DETECTION IN LMICs Autre / Other UNDERSTANDING THE LATE HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOUR OF WOMEN PRESENTING WITH ADVANCED BREAST CANCER SYMPTOMS: A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE POSTER SCHEDULE ONE: TUES, 7 - WED, 8 NOVEMBER NO. P136 PRESENTER Ajibola-Bakare, RA P137 Alabi, A P138 Anarfi, KK P139 Andrews, C P140 Anglade, F P141 P142 Bedi, D Bitty-Anderson, A BURDEN OF COST ON CANCER PATIENTS RECEIVING CARE AT THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR RADIOTHERAPY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE EFFECTIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME AFRICAN COUNTRIES ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY IN LOW RESOURCE SETTINGS: A RETROSPECTIVE DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF IMPLEMENTING PATHOLOGY SERVICES AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN MIREBALAIS, HAITI UPPER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS IN CANCER PATIENTS: WHAT ARE THE MAIN CAUSES? BARRIERS TO CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING AMONG WOMEN IN ABIDJAN, COTE-D’IVOIRE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY P143 Boateng, OR MENTAL HEALTH, QUALITY OF LIFE AND LIFE EXPERIENCES OF GHANAIAN WOMEN LIVING WITH BREAST CANCER P144 Botteghi, M THE APOF PROJECT FOR THE HORN OF AFRICA: THE FIRST SEED OF A NETWORK OF PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES P145 Cege- Munyoro, E P146 P147 Chamberlin, M Chiahemba, M P148 P149 P150 Chimiczewski, P Chinula, L Chuang, L P151 P152 Chukwuocha, I Cieslak- Stec, M P153 Edwards, L CHALLENGES FACED BY PATIENTS SEEKING CANCER TREATMENT IN 3 NATIONAL HOSPITALS (KENYA, TANZANIA, AND UGANDA) GLOBAL HEALTH FELLOWSHIP ELECTIVES IN ONCOLOGY: RWANDA PAVES THE WAY AWARENESS AND LEVEL OF EDUCATION AS PREDICTORS OF BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING AMONG WOMEN IN MAKURDI METROPOLIS. CAUSES OF FAILURE IN THE TREATMENT OF VULVAR CARCINOMA ADDRESSING THE GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY WORKFORCE CRISIS IN MALAWI ACCESS TO ONCOLOGY SUBSPECIALITY TRAINING IN AFRICA - A SURVEY OF AFRICAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN CANCER (AORTIC) MEMBERSHIP CLINICO-PATHOLOGICAL PATTERN AND TREATMENT OUTCOME OF SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS IN ZARIA SURGICAL TREATMEMT OF VULVAR CARCINOMA - ELECTRORESECTION OF THE VULVA WITH INGUINAL LYMPHADENECTOMY - PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF TREATMENT A QUALITATIVE THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF 316 PHOTOVOICE INTERVIEWS FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN ONCOLOGY SETTING: A DISCUSSION OF THE FINDINGS OF THE EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES THEME P154 P155 P156 P157 Fadipe, B Faduyile, F Faduyile, F Faduyile, F QUALITY OF SLEEP IN PATIENTS WITH CANCER; FINDINGS FROM A NIGERIAN SAMPLE PERCEPTION AND UTILIZATION OF CYTOPATHOLOGY BY MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN LAGOS HISTOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF SURGICAL CERVICAL BIOPSIES IN LAGOS, NIGERIA CYTOPATHOLOGY PRACTICE IN LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, IKEJA, LAGOS,, NIGERIA P158 P159 Fatiregun, O Folasire, O P160 Glasbey, J CLINICAL TRIALS, A KEY TOOL IN IMPROVING BREAST CANCER SURVIVAL IN NIGERIA NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF BREAST CANCER PATIENTS ATTENDING THE RADIOTHERAPY CLINIC, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL, NIGERIA AN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH NETWORK TO DESCRIBE VARIATION IN GLOBAL CANCER BURDEN P161 Ibraheem, A FORMAL ASSESSMENT OF TEAMWORK AMONG CANCER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN 3 LARGE TERTIARY CENTERS IN NIGERIA. P162 Horo, A P163 Alatise, O P164 Anarado, A P165 Asuzu, C P166 P167 Atanda, A Awolude, OA P168 Bassey, IE P169 Bodd, M P170 Bousrih, C PROFIL EPIDEMIOLOGIQUE ET MOLECULAIRE DES CANCERS DU SEIN DES FEMMES DE MOINS DE 40 ANS EN COTE D’IVOIRE. EARLY DETECTION OF COLORECTAL CANCER IN LOW RESOURCE COUNTRIES: RESULTS FROM A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY OF PATIENTS AT HIGH RISK FOR COLORECTAL CANCER COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPTAKE OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING AMONG NURSES AND TEACHERS IN KOGI STATE, NIGERIA KNOWLEDGE OF CANCER, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION AMONG VISUALLY IMPAIRED FEMALE ADOLESCENTS IN A TERTIARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN NIGERIA AUDIT OF HISTOLOGIC GRADES OF BREAST CANCERS DIAGNOSED IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL IMPROVING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS' KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE SKILLS FOR CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING IN NIGERIA: AN ESSENTIAL BRIDGE TO REDUCE ITS CERVICAL CANCER BURDEN PREVALENCE OF METABOLIC SYNDROME AND PATTERN OF METABOLIC DISTURBANCES IN NIGERIAN MEN WITH PROSTATE CANCER DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW COST TRAINING MODEL FOR SCREENING AND DIAGNOSING EARLY BREAST CANCER IN LOW RESOURCE SETTINGS FIRST-LINE FOLFIRINOX FOR LOCALLY ADVANCED AND/OR METASTATIC GASTRIC CANCER: RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE COHORT ABSTRACT TITLE CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING IN LAGOS: COMPARISON OF THE DETECTION RATE OF ABNORMALITIES USING CONVENTIONAL CYTOLOGY, LIQUID- BASED CYTOLOGY, VISUAL INSPECTION WITH ACETIC ACID AND HPV-DNA TESTING: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY EFFECT OF EDUCATION ON BREAST CANCER MANAGEMENT AMONG MEDICAL PRACTITIONER’S IN LAGOS STATE Cancers spécifiques à la localisation / Site-specific Cancers POSTER SCHEDULE ONE: TUES, 7 - WED, 8 NOVEMBER P171 NO. P172 Brand, N PRESENTER Edgerton, M P173 Fehr, A P174 P175 P176 Francis, A Glasbey, J Gutnik, L P177 Gwede, C P178 P179 Hadoussa, M Hadoussa, M P180 Henry, M PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF SUICIDAL IDEATION IN PATIENTS NEWLY DIAGNOSED WITH HEAD AND NECK CANCER: PROSPECTIVE LONGITUDINAL STUDY INDICATING THE NEED FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION GUIDELINES P181 Henry, M P182 Henry, M P183 Idowu, OK P184 Kyei, I ANXIETY DISORDERS CONTRIBUTE TO EXTENT OF OPIOID PRESCRIPTION IN PATIENTS WITH HEAD AND NECK CANCER: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY BETTER OUTCOMES FOR THYROID CANCER PATIENTS RECEIVING AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM-BASED CARE APPROACH (ITCA-THYCA): PROGRAM EVALUATION RESULTS INDICATING A NEED FOR FURTHER INTEGRATED CARE AND SUPPORT OUT-OF-POCKET PAYMENT FOR ENDOPROSTHESIS RECONSTRUCTION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF BONE TUMOURS AND TUMOURLIKE CONDITIONS: CHALLENGES AND OUTCOME SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS,A GHANAIAN PERSPECTIVE;DEMOGRAPHICS,PATHOLOGIC AND TREATMENT PATTERNS P185 Lara Santos, L P186 Lawal, I P187 Maree, L P188 P189 Martei, Y Matiko, R P190 Ngendahayo, E P191 P192 P193 Ngendahayo, E Ntekim, A Odedina, F P194 Onibokun, A P195 Onibokun, A P196 P197 Pinder, L Rayne, S P198 Ruhangaza, D P199 Tchounga, BK P200 Wishahi, M P402 Agboola, O P403 Donaldson, S EFFECTS OF SUPPORTIVE CARE IN TERMINALLY ILL CANCER PATIENTS AT THE OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, NIGERIA AN INSIGHT INTO NEEDS AND RESOURCES REQUIRED FOR CANCER CONTROL: A REVIEW OF THREE REGIONS P404 Jacobson, M CREATING A ZONAL CANCER CARE CENTER IN NORTHERN TANZANIA SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY PROGRAM IN EAST AFRICA ABSTRACT TITLE A QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA) INITIATIVE FOR IMPROVING PATHOLOGY DIAGNOSIS AND BIOMARKER ASSESSMENT FOR BREAST CANCER IN ZAMBIA FIVE YEARS OF CERVICAL CANCER TREATMENT IN RURAL RWANDA: OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS PRESENTING TO BUTARO CANCER CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FROM 2012-2017 ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE AND RISK OF BREAST CANCER IN NIGERIAN WOMEN GLOBAL VARIATION IN END STOMA FORMATION FOLLOWING LEFT SIDED COLORECTAL RESECTION QUALITATIVE EVALUATION OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING PROGRAM UTILIZING TRAINED LAYWOMEN IN MALAWI PROMOTING ANNUAL REPEAT FECAL IMMUNOCHEMICAL TESTING AMONG ADULTS OF AFRICAN ANCESTRY IN THE UNITED STATES MANAGEMENT OF PANCRATIC CANCER IN THE MILITARY HOSPITAL OF TUNIS METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER AT INITIAL DIAGNOSIS: EXPERIENCE OF THE MILITARY HOSPITAL OF TUNIS OUTCOMES OF COLORECTAL LIVER METASTASES TREATMENT: LONG-TERM IMPACT OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH LACK OF BIOPSY SERVICES IN THE ROUTINE GYNAECOLOGY CLINICS A BARRIER TO SUCCESSFUL CANCER CAMPAIGN THE LEVEL AND CHARACTERISTICS OF PAIN EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN TREATED FOR CERVICAL CANCER AT AN ACADEMIC HOSPITAL IN GAUTENG, SOUTH AFRICA BREAST CANCER PATHOLOGY TURNAROUND TIME IN BOTSWANA THE BREAST CANCER PATIENT JOURNEY: AN ASSESSMENT OF COST AND OTHER INFLUENCING FACTORS IN GHANA, KENYA AND NIGERIA PROFILE OF PROSTATE CANCER AT KING FAISAL HOSPITAL, RWANDA: DEMOGRAPHICS AND GLEASON SCORE PATTERN AND MANAGEMENT OF PENILE CANCER IN RWANDA SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH PROSTATE CANCER IN NIGERIA: AN INSTITUTIONAL REPORT. GLOBAL BEHAVIORAL, CLINICAL, AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MEASURES FOR PROSTATE CANCER RESEARCH IN BLACK MEN: THE CAPTC-AC3-MADCAP GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR BLACK MEN'S HEALTH IMPEDIMENTS TO EARLY DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF BREAST CANCER AMONG NIGERIAN WOMEN: LESSONS FROM THE FIELD. NOT ALL MEDICINES COME IN BOTTLE: EFFICACY OF COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY IN CANCER MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF A SINGLE-VISIT APPROACH TO BREAST CARE IN ZAMBIA USING A NOVEL DETECTION METHOD FOR STAGING BREAST CANCER TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO LYMPH-NODE SPARING SURGERY OUTSIDE HIGH-INCOME SETTINGS. PATHOLOGY CHARACTERISTICS OF CUTANEOUS INVASIVE MELANOMA DIAGNOSED AT BUTARO DISTRICT HOSPITAL, RWANDA CLINICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA IN WEST AFRICA URINARY BLADDER SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA AND SQUAMOUS DIFFERENTIATION HISTOLOGIC VARIANT OF UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA RESULTED FROM SCHISTOSOMIASIS: CHALLENGES AND ONCOLOGICAL OUTCOME FOLLOWING SURGICAL TREATMENT Late inclusions POSTER SCHEDULE ONE: TUES, 7 - WED, 8 NOVEMBER P405 Mwebesa, E ADVOCACY AND NETWORKING AT STAKEHOLDERS MEETINGS TO STREAMLINE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND ACCESS OF ORAL MORPHINE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CANCER PAIN IN UGANDA P406 Olasehinde, O AN INSIGHT INTO THE PSYCHO-SOCIAL LIFE OF YOUNG WOMEN AFTER MASTECTOMY FOR BREAST CANCER IN A NIGERIAN TEACHING HOSPITAL POSTER SCHEDULE TWO: THURS, 9 - FRI, 10 NOVEMBER NO. PRESENTER ABSTRACT TITLE P201 Ba, O P202 Abila, DB P203 Adejimi, A P204 Adeloye, D RÉSULTATS DE L'ENQUÊTE NATIONALE SUR LE TABAGISME DES ADULTES AU SENEGAL: GLOBAL ADULTS TOBACCO SURVEY AU SENEGAL(GATS) CURRENT TRENDS OF INCIDENCE OF CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT CANCERS IN KAMPALA AND WAKISO DISTRICTS, KYADONDO COUNTY, 2009 TO 2014. KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) VACCINE AMONG WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CLINIC AT FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA AN ESTIMATE OF THE INCIDENCE OF BLADDER CANCER IN AFRICA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS P205 P206 Adeloye, D Agwai, CI P207 Agwai, CI P208 Agwai, CI P209 Ambs, S P210 Bashir, M P211 Brinton, L P212 Casabonne, D P213 Chajes, V P214 Cimino, F P215 P216 P217 Clifford, G Deressa, B Dushimemariya, F P218 Fokom Domgue, J P219 George, J P220 Ginindza, TG P221 Githaiga, J P222 Joffe, M P223 P224 Joffe, M Kalibushi Bizimana, J P225 P226 Komolafe, A Liman, M P227 M.Sahabi, S P228 P229 Moses, A Murphy, J P230 Mutombo Baleka, A P231 Mwachiro, M P232 Nalwoga, A P233 P234 P235 P236 Nwogu, C Ogol, L Okediji, P Olorunfemi, G Épidémiologie / Epidemiology ESTIMATING THE INCIDENCE OF LUNG CANCER IN AFRICA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE ANXIETY LEVELS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG WOMEN WHO HAVE CLOSE BLOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH BREAST CANCER PATIENTS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF THE BREAST SCREENING PRACTICES AMONG WOMEN WITH A FAMILY HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER IN NIGERIA BREAST CANCER RISK ESTIMATES AND RISK PERCEPTIONS AMONG FEMALE BLOOD RELATIVES OF BREAST CANCER PATIENTS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA ASPIRIN USE REDUCES THE RISK OF AGGRESSIVE PROSTATE CANCER AND DISEASE RECURRENCE IN MEN OF AFRICAN DESCENT SELF REPORTED KNOWLEDGE AMONG YOUNG MEN OF RISK FACTORS OF MALE GENITAL TRACT CANCERS SKIN LIGHTENERS AND HAIR RELAXERS AS RISK FACTORS FOR BREAST CANCER: RESULTS FROM THE GHANA BREAST HEALTH STUDY EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS AND PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM IN ENDEMIC BURKITT LYMPHOMA: A SEROLOGICAL APPROACH TRENDS OF SERUM PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS OVER TIME IN RURAL UGANDA: EVIDENCE OF NUTRITIONAL TRANSITION? EFFICIENCY OF BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING IN THE SOUTHERN AND MID REGIONS OF MADAGASCAR MONITORING THE IMPACT OF THE HPV VACCINATION PROGRAM IN RWANDA PATTERNS OF CANCER IN UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR HOSPITAL: NORTH-WEST ETHIOPIA PREVALENCE OF HIGH-RISK HUMAN PAPILOMA VIRUSES 16 AND 18 IN SUSPECTED NAMIBIAN BREAST CANCER BIOPSIES: SIGNIFICANT INCIDENCE OR COINCIDENCE. ASSESSMENT OF VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE CERVIX WITH LUGOL'S IODINE (VILI) AS AN ADJUNCT TO VISUAL INSPECTION WITH ACETIC ACID (VIA) FOR PRIMARY CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING IN A LIMITED RESOURCE SETTING CANCER AWARENESS AND CARE SEEKING AMONG ADULTS IN RURAL DISTRICTS OF KILIMANJARO REGION, NORTHERN TANZANIA. CHALLENGES FOR CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING IN HIGH HIV SETTINGS: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM SWAZILAND SYMPTOM AWARENESS MEASURES FOR BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER DIAGNOSIS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: A LITERATURE REVIEW BREAST CANCER OUTCOMES IN SOWETO, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: A COHORT OF WOMEN DIAGNOSED FROM 2009-11 BARRIERS TO EARLY PRESENTATION OF BREAST CANCER AMONG WOMEN IN SOUTH AFRICA EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ADVANCED STAGE OF BREAST CANCER IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL SETTING IN SOUTHERN PROVINCE OF RWANDA. A retrospective descriptive study from 2009 to 2011. PATTERN OF PROSTATIC CANCERS IN SOUTH WEST TEACHING HOSPITAL, NIGERIA PATTERN, DISTRIBUTION AND SURVIVAL RATES OF BREAST, CERVICAL, PROSTATE AND COLON CANCERS AMONG PATIENTS ATTENDING HEALTHCARE CENTRES IN NORTHERN NIGERIA PATTERN AND CHANGE IN INCIDENCE OF DERMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES IN USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL SOKOTO,NIGERIA ESTABLISHING A NOVEL BREAST CANCER CLINICAL COHORT IN MALAWI SMOKING AND HIV IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: A 25 COUNTRY ANALYSIS OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC HEALTH SURVEYS CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING AND HPV GENOTYPES FOUND IN KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO TEA (CHAI) AND ESOPHAGEAL CANCER: EXTREMELY HOT TEMPERATURE, BUT NOT THE PAH CONTENT, MAY BE A RISK FACTOR IN WESTERN KENYA AGE OF INFECTION WITH KAPOSI SARCOMA ASSOCIATED HERPESVIRUS AND SUBSEQUENT ANTIBODY LEVELS AMONG CHILDREN FROM UGANDA. LOW UPTAKE OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING IN LAGOS, NIGERIA TREND IN INCIDENCE OF HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES IN KENYA: 2000-2013 THE PATTERN OF COMORBIDITIES IN CANCER PATIENTS IN LAGOS, SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA TEMPORAL TRENDS IN EPIDEMIOLGY OF CERVICAL CANCER IN SOUTH AFRICA (1994 - 2012) POSTER SCHEDULE TWO: THURS, 9 - FRI, 10 NOVEMBER NO. P237 PRESENTER Oluwasola, TAO ABSTRACT TITLE GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE AT THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL, IBADAN: A SEVEN–YEAR REVIEW P238 Oppong, B P239 Perez, L ARE THERE RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN MAMMOGRAPHIC DENSITY AMONG WOMEN PRESENTING FOR BREAST CANCER SCREENING? BREAST CANCER INCIDENCE IN KENTA, GHANA AND NIGERIA: TESTING VALIDITY OF CURRENT ASSUMPTIONS P240 P241 P242 Pritchett, N Salami, M Silkensen, S DEVELOPMENT OF AN AFRICAN ESOPHAGEAL CANCER CONSORTIUM BRONCHOGENIC CARCINOMA JOURNEY OF CARE IN NIGERIA – NEED FOR PARADIGM SHIFT US NCI’S CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH REGIONAL CENTERS FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE PROGRAM TO SUPPORT RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE ON NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, MENTAL HEALTH AND INJURIES (NCDS) P243 P244 Sowunmi, A Tchounga, BK P245 Wekesa, C TREND OF CANCER INCIDENCE IN AN ONCOLOGY CENTRE IN NIGERIA. PREVALENCE OF HIGH RISK HPV AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG HIV-INFECTED ADOLESCENT GIRLS PRIOR TO HPV IMMUNIZATION IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE WEST AFRICA CHARACTERISTICS OF BREAST CANCER PATIENTS ATTENDING MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL IN WESTERN KENYA P246 Adejumo, P P247 Aluko, JO P248 P249 Baine, F Dimaras, H P250 Hayes, V P251 Mahfoudh, W P252 Mudini, W P253 Ndiaye, M P254 Odetunde, A P255 Ojesina, A P256 Teule , A P257 P258 P259 Williams, O Ndiaye, R Niane, K P260 Ambrosio, MR MICRORNAS SEQUENCING UNVEILS DISTINCT MOLECULAR SUBGROUPS OF PLASMABLASTIC LYMPHOMA P261 Ambrosio, MR P262 Ddungu, H P263 Ddungu, H P264 Ilunga Nikulu, J P265 Kakisingi, C P266 P267 P268 P269 Mohamed, Z Ongondi, M Owojuyigbe, T Quessar, A P270 Quessar, A P271 Rugwizangoga, B UNVEILING ANOTHER MISSING PIECE IN EBV-DRIVEN LYMPHOMAGENESIS: EBV DETECTION IN “EBER-NEGATIVE” BCELL LYMPHOMAS KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES OF UGANDA CANCER INSTITUTE CLINICIANS REGARDING BLOOD TRANSFUSION THE NEED, CURRENT PRACTICES, AND CHALLENGES OF BLOOD AND PLATELET TRANSFUSION FOR PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES AT THE UGANDA CANCER INSTITUTE TELEPATHOLOGY: ROLE IN IMPROVING LABORATORY TECHNIQUES, DIAGNOSIS AND RESEARCH IN LOW RESOURCE COUNTRIES NON HODGKIN LYMPHOMA AND RELATED FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERAL LYMPHADENOPATHY IN LUBUMBASHI (DR CONGO) NON-HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA SUBTYPES IN AFRICA: A LITERATURE REVIEW DECENTRALIZING CANCER CARE, SIMPLE STEPS? MORTALITY IN CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKAEMIA PATIENTS ON IMATINIB: NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE TREATMENT AND OUTCOME OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA IN MOROCCAN ADULT PATIENTS TREATED WITH THE NATIONAL AML-MA2011 PROTOCOL IN SINGLE CENTER, CASABLANCA. OUTCOME OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS TREATED WITH AN UNIFORM PROTOCOL IN CASABLANCA, MOROCCO PROFILES OF HEMATOPOIETIC MALIGNANCIES DIAGNOSED IN HISTOPATHOLOGY UNIT OF THE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL OF KIGALI (CHUK): A 30-MONTH EXPERIENCE Genetics/Epigenetics / Génétique/épigénétique GENETIC COUNSELLING AWARENESS AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AMONG RELATIVES OF WOMEN LIVING WITH BREAST CANCER IN A NIGERIAN TEACHING HOSPITAL AWARENESS OF GENETICS, KNOWLEDGE AND UTILIZATION OF SELF-MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE IN IBADAN, NIGERIA THE GENETICS OF INHERITED BREAST CANCER IN BLACK SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN “WHERE DOES THIS COME FROM?” UNDERSTANDING HOW SURVIVORS AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH RETINOBLASTOMA CONCEPTUALIZE GENETICS IDENTIFICATION OF GENETIC RISK FOR PROSTATE CANCER PRESENTATION AND ADVANCED DISEASE OUTCOMES IN SOUTH AFRICAN MEN SCREENING FOR FOUR COMMON BRCA1 MUTATIONS IN TUNISIAN WOMEN WITH TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS GENOTYPES IN INVASIVE CERVICAL CARCINOMA IN HIV SEROPOSITIVE AND SERONEGATIVE WOMEN IN ZIMBABWE X-RAY REPAIR CROSS-COMPLEMENTING GROUP 1 (XRCC1) AND X-RAY REPAIR CROSS-COMPLEMENTING GROUP (XRCC3) GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS AND CERVICAL CANCER RISK BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE IN WEST AFRICA THROUGH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. SOMATIC GENOMIC ALTERATIONS IN CERVICAL CANCER OCCURRING IN PATIENTS OF AFRICAN DESCENT DESCRIPTION OF BRCA1 AND BRCA2 GERMLINE PATHOGENIC MUTATIONS IN A NORTH AFRICAN POPULATION IN THE CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY (SPAIN) SICKLE CELL TRAIT (HBAS) PROTECTS AGAINST MALARIA AND ENDEMIC BURKITT'S LYMPHOMA MUTATION RECURRENTE DU GENE BRCA1 DANS LE CANCER DU SEIN HEREDITAIRE AU SENEGAL PENETRANCE DES MUTATIONS DE LA D-LOOP ET DU CYTOCHROME B DANS L’OCCURRENCE DES CARCINOMES OVARIENS CHEZ LES FEMMES SENEGALAISES Haematology / Hématologie POSTER SCHEDULE TWO: THURS, 9 - FRI, 10 NOVEMBER NO. P272 PRESENTER Ndiaye, FSD ABSTRACT TITLE PROFIL DES ANOMALIES CYTOGENETIQUES RENCONTREES AU COURS DE LA LEUCEMIE MYELOÏDE CHRONIQUE A DAKAR (SENEGAL) P273 Buswell, L P274 Emeagi, M FICE YEARS OF NURSE TWINNING IN RURAL RWANDA: HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING THROUGH CAPACITY BUILDING PROFESSIONAL NURSES' AWARENESS AND PRACTICE WITH SEXUAL CONCERNS OF THE ONCOLOGY PATIENTS P275 Fitch, M P276 P277 Fitch, M Ilesanmi, R P278 Jansen Van Rensburg, K P279 Marie Goretti, U P280 Mwebesa, E P281 Nakku, S P282 Ninsiima, J P283 Niyonzima, JP P284 Odunyemi, F EFFECT OF NURSING INTERVENTION ON MOTHERS’ KNOWLEDGE OF CERVICAL CANCER AND ACCEPTANCE OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINATION FOR THEIR ADOLESCENT DAUGHTERS IN ABUJA, NIGERIA P285 Ojewole, F P286 Rithara, S SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PATIENTS' SATISFACTION WITH NURSING CARE AMONG ONCOLOGY PATIENTS IN LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL. IS INTEGRATION OF PALLIATIVE CARE INTO ONCOLOGY SERVICES OF ANY BENEFIT TO THE PATIENTS P287 Igbende, DA P288 Kampani, C P289 Kampani, C P290 P291 Karim , S Kirira, P P292 P293 Kiyange, F Kulkarni, A P294 P295 P296 Kuti, M Lubwama, M Marco, C P297 Muvugabigwi, G P298 Ndayisaba, MC P299 Nwachukwu, C P300 P301 Nwogu, C Nwogu, C P302 P303 P304 Ogunnorin, BO Okediji, P Okunade, K P305 Olasehinde, O Oncology Nursing PERSPECTIVES OF NURSES IN AFRICA AND CANADA REGARDING CONVERSATIONS WITH CANCER PATIENTS ABOUT SEXUALITY PERSPECTIVES ON PROVIDING SPIRITUAL CARE KNOWLEDGE AND SELF-REPORT OF SCREENING BEHAVIOUR FOR PROSTATE CANCER AMONG FEDERAL CIVIL SERVANTS IN IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT FOR CANCER PATIENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA CORRELATES AND PREDICTORS OF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AMONG CANCER PATIENTS IN A SELECTED HOSPITAL IN KIGALI –RWANDA PREVALENCE AND BURDEN OF SYMPTOMS DURING THE NURSING OF CANCER PATIENTS AT AN OUTPATIENT HOSPICE IN UGANDA FACTORS AFFECTING UPTAKE OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING SERVICES AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN BUWOLYA VILLAGE, MAYUGE DISTRICT ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES OF NURSES HANDLING CYTOTOXIC ANTICANCER DRUGS AT UGANDA CANCER INSTITUTE CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION KNOWEDGE AND ATTITUDES: SURVEY OF MIDWIVES AND NURSES IN RWANDA Other PERCEIVED STRESS, HOPELESSNESS, COPING-STRATEGY AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG CANCER PATIENTS IN FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER MAKURDI EXPERINCES AFTER IMPLEMENTING MANUAL IMMUNOHOSTOCHEMISTRY AT KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORY, MALAWI EXPERIENCES AFTER IMPLEMENTING MANUAL IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY AT KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORY,MALAWI. ONCOLOGY MEDICAL EDUCATION IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES: A SCOPING REVEW AN INVESTIGATION OF THE ANTIPROLIFERATIVE AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF PLANT DERIVED EXTRACTS AGAINST CERVICAL AND PROSTATE CANCER CELL LINES THE ROLE OF SOUTH-TO-SOUTH PARTNERSHIPS IN DEVELOPING CANCER SERVICES IN AFRICA NOT EVERYTHING THAT GROWS FAST AND LOOKS UGLY IS A CANCER! A CASE SERIES OF MALIGNANT LOOKING BENIGN TUMOURS OF ORO-FACIAL REGION OVER 9 YEARS IN GREAT LAKES REGION OF EAST AFRICA THE TOP 25 DIAGNOSTIC TESTS: COMPARING HOSPITALS IN FOUR COUNTRIES MULTIDRUG RESISTANT BACTEREMIA AMONG FEBRILE CANCER PATIENTS IN UGANDA IMPACT OF AQUA THERAPY ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS LIVING WITH UPPER LIMB LYMPHOEDEMA IMPROVING CANCER PATHOLOGY TURNAROUND TIME THROUGH STEPWISE ADVANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN CAPACITY AT THE BUTARO CANCER CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN RURAL RWANDA A RARE AGGRESSIVE GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR ORIGINATING FROM PERITONEUM: A CASE REPORT AND THE DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES IN LIMITED RESOURCE SETTING A PILOT STUDY TO EVALUATE A NEWLY-DEVELOPED NEEDS ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR IMPROVING GENERAL ONCOLOGY MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES WITH INTERNATIONAL REMOTE ONCOLOGY CONSULTATIONS AN INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY TUMOR BOARD TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF CANCER CARE – A PILOT STUDY PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN PATIENTS WITH GYNECOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES –IBADAN EXPERIENCE PATTERN AND PREDICTORS OF UNMET SUPPORTIVE CARE NEEDS IN CANCER PATIENTS UTILIZATION OF CANCER INFORMATION SERVICE FOR CERVICAL CANCER CONTROL IN LAGOS, NIGERIA SAFETY AND PRACTICALITY OF EARLY POST-MASTECTOMY DISCHARGE AND DOMICILIARY DRAIN CARE IN ILE-IFE, NIGERIA: A PRELIMINARY REPORT. POSTER SCHEDULE TWO: THURS, 9 - FRI, 10 NOVEMBER NO. P306 PRESENTER Olateju, A ABSTRACT TITLE USING SMART PHONES AND IMAGING OF AN ENHANCED VISUAL-ASSESSMENT DEVICE TO DETECT CERVICAL CANCER IN LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS: A PILOT PROGRAM IN THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA P307 P308 Olukiran, G Pascal, B BURN OUT SYNDROME AMONG A SAMPLE OF RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS IN NIGERIA VARIATION OF CANCER PREVALENCE IN RWANDA: DOES PROVINCIAL DEPRIVATION STATUS MATTER? P309 Pinder, L A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER CONTROL INFRASTRUCTURE IN ZAMBIA P310 P311 Pinder, L Prasher, S P312 Rositch, A P313 Sanni, D P314 Sarathy, M A DIRECT PARTICIPATORY APPROACH TO BUILDING CAPACITY FOR BREAST CANCER CARE IN ZAMBIA MRCAP STUDY - CAN MULTIPARAMETRIC MRI OF THE PROSTATE BE USED TO IDENTIFY PATIENTS IN WHOM TRUS BIOPSIES CAN BE SAFELY AVOIDED? APPLYING THE QUALITY IN THE CONTINUUM OF CANCER CARE FRAMEWORK TO ASSESS CANCER CARE SYSTEM READINESS IN TANZANIA, UGANDA, AND SWAZILAND DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF CORE NEEDLE BREAST BIOPSIES COMPARED WITH EXCISIONAL SPECIMENS AT LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, IKEJA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA. INTERVENTIONS TO STIMULATE DEMAND FOR CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING SERVICES AMONG HARD-TO-REACH POPULATIONS: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS FOR ZAMBIA P315 Satcher, R P316 Telka, E P317 Terwase, JM P318 Wuraola, F IMPROVING CANCER PATIENT SURVEILLANCE AND TREATMENT IN SUBSAHARAN AFRICA USING A MOBILE SMARTPHONE PLATFORM MEANING IN LIFE IN CANCER PATIENTS: RELATIONSHIPS WITH ILLNESS PERCEPTION AND GLOBAL MEANING CHANGES INFLUENCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AND SOCIAL SUPPORT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF CERVICAL CANCER PATIENTS IN FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER, MAKURDI, NIGERIA BREAST CANCER IN THE ELDERLY Paediatric Oncology P319 Adoke, K P320 P321 Forae, G Forconi, C P322 P323 KANYAMUHUNGA, A Kashaigili, H P324 Mafwimbo, J P325 McGoldrick, S P326 P327 Rubagumya, F Shyirambere, C P328 P329 P330 Togo, B Togo, B Togo, B IMPACT OF A PATIENT NAVIGATOR PROGRAM ON PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY CLINICAL CARE AND PATIENT OUTCOMES IN A LOW RESOURCES SETTING. A PATHOLOGIC MISDIAGNOSIS IN CHILDREN WITH SUSPECTED BURKITT LYMPHOMA IS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY MORTALITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR POPULATION-BASED PEDIATRIC CANCER INTERVENTION IN RWANDA NUTRITIONAL STATUS AT DIAGNOSIS AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN ON AN INPATIENT ONCOLOGY WARD IN RWANDA NON HODGKIN LYMPHOMAS IN GABRIEL TOURE TEACHING HOSPITAL BAMAKO MALI ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA IN GABRIEL TOURE TEACHING HOSPITAL BAMAKO MALI BRAIN TUMORS IN THE PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY UNIT AT GABRIEL TOURE TEACHING HOSPITAL BAMAKO MALI P331 Togo, B BRAIN TUMORS IN THE PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY UNIT AT GABRIEL TOURE TEACHING HOSPITAL BAMAKO MALI P332 P333 P334 P335 Agunwah, EU Alain, I Ali, Z Atieno, M P336 P337 Basemera, B Blanchard, C P338 Cege- Munyoro, E CONCEPTION TO BIRTH OF STAND –ALONE HOSPICE PALLIATIVE CARE CENTER: -NURSE INITIATIVE KETAMINE USE IN CANCER PAIN IN OUTPATIENT SETTINGS IN RWANDA INTEGRATING PALLIATIVE CARE IN CANCER CARE:THE KENYA EXPERIENCE IMPROVING ACCESS TO CANCER TREATMENT AND PAIN RELIEF IN AFRICA: EXPERIENCES FROM THE PAIN FREE HOSPITAL INITIATIVE (PFHI) AT THE UGANDA CANCER INSTITUTE WHAT INFLUENCED SURVIVAL OF CANCER PATIENTS RECEIVING PC AT HOSPICE AFRICA UGANDA CAREGIVER BURDEN IN CARING FOR PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED CANCER FROM CHRIS HANI BARAGWANATH ACADEMIC HOSPITAL IN SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH HEAD AND NECK CANCER AT A CANCER TREATMENT CENTRE IN KENYA P339 Chidebe, RCW P340 P341 P342 Downing, J Downing, J Eke, G SMALL ROUND BLUE CELL TUMOUR OF CHILDHOOD: A CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL REVIEW OF 14 CASES MORPHOLOGICAL PATTERNS OF PAEDIATRIC TUMOURS IN WARRI, SOUTHERN NIGERIA MIP-1 SECRETING, BUT POORLY CYTOTOXIC TERMINALLY DIFFERENTIATED CD56NEGCD16POS NK CELLS ACCUMULATE IN CHILDREN WITH BURKITT'S LYMPHOMAS AND HIGH EBV LOADS DELAYED CANCER DIAGNOSIS: A CHALLENGE AT KIGALI UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL CLINICOHISTOPATHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES OF RETINOBLASTOMA IN CHILDREN RECEIVING CARE AT KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE IN NORTHERN TANZANIA Palliative Care BREAST CANCER NAVIGATION AND PALLIATIVE PROGRAMME (BCNPP): REDUCING THE INCIDENCE OF STAGE III OR IV BREAST CANCER IN NIGERIA ICPCN - MAKING A DIFFERENCE ACROSS AFRICA FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER IMPACT OF A LEADERSHIP FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME FOR PALLIATIVE CARE NURSES IN UGANDA. EXPERIENCE OF PARENTS WITH TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD CANCER IN PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA POSTER SCHEDULE TWO: THURS, 9 - FRI, 10 NOVEMBER NO. P343 PRESENTER Elshamy, K P344 Grant, L ABSTRACT TITLE PALLIATIVE CARE NEEDS OF WOMEN WITH ADVANCED BREAST CANCER AT ONCOLOGY CENTER MANSOURA UNIVERSITY, EGYPT AN EMERGENT FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATING PALLIATIVE CARE INTO HEALTH SYSTEMS: LESSONS FROM AFRICA P345 Henke, O BOOSTING PALLIATIVE CARE THROUGH CANCER CARE. AN EXPERIENCE FROM KILIMANJARO REGION IN TANZANIA. P346 Kampi, J P347 Leng, M P348 Leng, M P349 Leng, M P350 Lewis, EG P351 Lohman, D EFFECT OF INCOME DIVERSIFICATION ON FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF NATIONAL PALLIATIVE CARE ASSOCIATIONS IN EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA. A PALLIATIVE CARE CURRICULUM TOOLKIT: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO INTEGRATING PALLIATIVE CARE INTO HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF THE MAKERERE PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT RESEARCH NETWORK AND CAPACITY BUILDING DEVELOPING POST GRADUATE TEACHING FOR PALLIATIVE CARE THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH IN RWANDA THE PREVALENCE OF PALLIATIVE CARE NEED ON THE ADULT MEDICAL AND PAEDIATRICS WARDS OF A REFERRAL HOSPITAL IN TANZANIA. PALLIATIVE CARE NEED AND AVAILABILITY IN SENEGAL: RESULTS FROM A MULTI-COMPONENT ASSESSMENT P352 P353 Low, D Maboreje, O P354 P355 Manna, A Mccomb, K P356 Mmbando, ZP P357 P358 P359 Mukasahaha, D Mukasahaha, D Mukasahaha, D P360 Musiime, CE P361 Mwebesa, E P362 Mwebesa, E P363 Mwebesa, E P364 Ntizimira, C P365 P366 Ofosu-poku, R Onyeka, T P367 Opoku, S P368 Quarshie, R P369 Rabwoni, M P370 Rhee, J P371 P372 Rithara, S Rithara, S P373 Safari, LC THE EFFECT OF CONTINUOUS MEDICAL EDUCATION ON OPIOID CONSUMPTION TRENDS IN TETTEH QUARSHIE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, MAMPONG-AKUAPEM, GHANA. FACTORS INFLUENCING LATE PRESENTATION FOR HEALTH CARE AMONG WOMEN WITH CANCER OF THE CERVIX ATTENDING MOBILE HOSPICE MBARARA FACTORS AFFECTING PALLIATIVE CARE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS WITH IN-COUNTRY EXPERTS CLINICAL SUPPORT SUPERVISION IMPROVES PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES: PERCEPTION OF PALLIATIVE CARE COURSE AMONG OTHER PROGRAMS IN A GOVERNMENT LEARNING INSTITUTION OPIOIDS AVAILABILITY AND CONSUMPTION IN RWANDA: A PROXY INDICATOR OF PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRESS P374 Telka, E MEANING IN LIFE AND EUDAIMONIC QUALITY OF LIFE IN TERMINAL PATIENTS WITH GYNECOLOGIC CANCER P375 Theoneste, N P376 Turyahikayo, J P377 Uwimana, P EVALUATION OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICE OF PAIN MANAGEMENT AMONG MEDICAL DOCTORS AT TWO REFERRAL HOSPITALS IN RWANDA MULTIDIMENSIONAL OUTCOMES OF PALLIATIVE CARE NEEDS: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY AMONG PATIENTS SUPPORTED BY SPECIALIST PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES IN MULAGO HOSPITAL PALLIATIVE AND END-OF-LIFE CARE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN RWANDA END OF LIFE PALLIATIVE CARE PRACTICES AND REFERRALS AT THE UGANDA CANCER INSTITUTE PALLIATIVE CARE FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCERS PATIENTS AT DEPARTMENT OF HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL IBADAN, Nigeria : AN 8 YEAR REVIEW. THE ROLE OF VOLUNTEERS IN QUALITY PALLIATIVE CARE DELIVERY FOR TERMINAL CANCER PATIENT PERMAGARDENING: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM AN INTERVENTION TO ENHANCE NUTRITION AND EASE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF CANCER PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS LIMITATIONS TO EARLY CANCER TREATMENT IN AFRICA: ASSESSMENT OF LATE STAGE CANCER PATIENTS IN RURAL TANZANIA INTEGRATING PALLIATIVE CARE INTO HEALTH SYSTEMS: THE CASE OF RWANDA ACCESS TO ORAL MORPHINE; MAPPING PROGRESS IN RWANDA ASSESSING THE CAPACITY BUILDING MODEL FOR PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES SCALE UP: CASE OF RWANDA EXPERIENCES OF CARERS OF CHILDREN WITH CANCER IN ACCESSING PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES AT MOBILE HOSPICE MBARARA, UGANDA FROM THE KITCHEN SINK TO AUTOMATION: HOW THE MODERNIZATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURE OF ORAL LIQUID MORPHINE HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE MANAGEMENT OF CANCER PAIN IN UGANDA ASCERTAINING THE NEED FOR PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM ADVANCED CANCER IN WESTERN UGANDA: FINDINGS OF A BASELINE SURVEY ASSESSMENT OF THE READINESS AND AVAILABILITY OF PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES FOR CANCER AND OTHER PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS IN KAMPALA, UGANDA END-OF-LIFE CARE AT COMMUNITY LEVEL: MAINTAINING RESPONSIVENESS THROUGH VALUES-BASED CARE IN PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS EXPERIENCES OF PALLIATIVE CARE NURSE RESIDENTS MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS COMPLICATING PAIN MANAGEMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH. ASSESSMENT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF BREAST CANCER PATIENTS UNDERGOING RADIOTHERAPY IN GHANA POSTER SCHEDULE TWO: THURS, 9 - FRI, 10 NOVEMBER NO. P378 P379 P380 PRESENTER Wata, D Wekesa, E Zirimenya, L ABSTRACT TITLE THE JOURNEY OF ACCESS TO PAIN RELIEF: A KENYAN CASE STUDY COMPARISON OF EARLY VERSUS LATE REFERRAL FOR PALLIATIVE CARE IN PATIENTS WITH CANCER PAIN ASSESSMENT TRACKING TOOL: AUDITING PRACTICE IN A PALLIATIVE CARE SETTING P381 P382 Adamu, DB Aruah, SC P383 P384 P385 Berhe, ZM Iiyambo, L Incrocci, L P386 P387 Jhingran, A Kavuma, A P388 Ndlovu, N LONG DISTANCE AND CHALLENGES OF RADIOTHERAPY MANAGEMENT OF BREAST CANCER IN IBADAN ANAEMIA IN CANCER PATIENTS UNDERGOING RADIOTHERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY IN NATIONAL HOSPITAL ABUJA, NIGERIA WILMS TUMOR IN GHANA - OUTCOME AND OPPORTUNITIES T3 LARYNGEAL CANCER: SURGERY VS CRT. OUTCOMES REPORT FOR TBH FOR A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS HYPOFRACTIONATED VERSUS CONVENTIONALLY FRACTIONATED RADIOTHERAPY FOR PROSTATE CANCER: 5-YEAR ONCOLOGIC OUTCOMES OF THE DUTCH HYPRO TRIAL FULLY-AUTOMATED TREATMENT PLANNING FOR CERVICAL CANCER RADIOTHERAPY UGANDAN EXPERIENCE WITH HIGH DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY AS A SINGLE MODALITY FOR THE TREATMENT OF LOCALLY ADVANCED CERVICAL CANCER TRAINING OF RADIOTHERAPY PROFESSIONALS – EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES AT AN AFRICAN INSTITUTION P389 Ndumbalo, J P390 P391 Onimode, Y Plattner, L P392 Raphela, F P393 Simonds, H P394 Teixeira, R P395 Telka, E P396 Trauernicht, C P397 Chukwuneke, F SMOKELESS TOBACCO USE IN DIFFRENT FORMS MAY BE A RISK FACTOR TO DEVELOPING ORAL CANCER IN NIGERIA P398 Elkholy, E P399 Kirui, K P400 Rusatira, JC SYNERGISTIC EFFECT OF SMOKING AND BILHARZIASIS IN PREDISPOSING TO TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA OF BLADDER HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH TOBACCO FARMING AMONG WOMEN FARMERS IN EASTERN AND WESTERN REGIONS IN KENYA POTENTIAL CHALLENGES HINDERING THE FIGHT AGAINST TOBACCO-RELATED CANCERS IN RWANDA: LESSONS FROM TOBACCO COMPANIES INTERNAL DOCUMENTS Radiation INCIDENCE AND TREATMENT OF HYPERCALCEMIA IN CANCER PATIENTS RECEIVING RADIOTHERAPY – A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF PRACTICE AT CHARLOTTE MAXEKE JOHANNESBURG ACADEMIC HOSPITAL (CMJAH) FROM JANUARY 2010 TO DECEMBER 2015 RADIOACTIVE IODINE-131 THERAPY OF THYROID CANCER AT A SUB-SAHARAN TEACHING HOSPITAL IMPROVING ACCESS TO RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT FOR CANCER PATIENTS IN KENYA THROUGH PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS SAFETY MODEL FOR EMPLOYEES EXPOSED TO EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS IN THE WELDING INDUSTRY A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF TUMOUR VOLUME ON SURVIVAL IN ADVANCED INVASIVE CERVICAL CARCINOMA: DOES SIZE REALLY MATTER..? CONCOMITANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY ALONE OR WITH INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY IN ADVANCED HEAD AND NECK CANCER USE OF CYBER KNIFE STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY FOR THE TREATMENT OF LYMPH NODE IN THE ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA METASTASIS MEASURED AND CALCULATED DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE “CLAWS” – A UNIQUE GOLD APPLICATOR LOADED WITH I-125 SEEDS FOR WHOLE-EYE RADIOTHERAPY Tobacco-related Cancers Late inclusions P401 Adedokun, B QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF NURSE EDUCATORS’ PERCEPTIONS ON GENETICS AND GENOMICS COURSES IN CURRICULA OF NURSING PROGRAMMES IN IBADAN, SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA