ICEC's WORK
Global oncology is a solvable problem. Learn more about advancements in each of the following areas listed and ICEC's network and impact.
Technology
Novel Approaches
ICEC ACHIEVEMENTS
Catalytic Innovation to Address Intractable Problems
Global cancer care is a complex problem to be solved with a systems solution. ICEC is changing global access to radiation and learning more from those on-the-ground about what has to happen to bring this urgently needed therapy to the world.
- Changing the global radiation therapy paradigm.
Pistenmaa DA, Dosanjh M, Amaldi U, et al.
Radiotherapy Oncology, 2018 Jun 18. PMID: 29921460. - Developing Innovative, Robust and Affordable Medical Linear Accelerators for Challenging Environments.
Dosanjh M, Aggarwal A, Pistenmaa D, et al.
Clinical Oncology, 2019 Feb 22. PMID: 30798993. - Global Radiotherapy: Current Status and Future Directions-White Paper.
Abdel-Wahab M, Gondhowiardjo SS, Rosa AA, et al.
JCO Global Oncology, 2021 June. PMID: 34101482. - Linacs to narrow radiotherapy gap.
Angal-Kalinin D, Burt G, Dosanjh M, CERN Courier, 2021 December 1.
Reverse Innovation and Knowledge Sharing
Developing a comprehensive and sustainable approach to increase access to RT and linear accelerators requires understanding and solving challenges. ICEC is on the front lines of innovation, education, and training.
- Surveying the Challenges to Improve Linear Accelerator-based Radiation Therapy in Africa: a Unique Collaborative Platform of All 28 African Countries Offering Such Treatment.
Ige TA, Jenkins A, Burt G, et al.
Clinical Oncology, 2021 June. PMID: 34116903. - Public health oncology: a framework for progress in low- and middle-income countries.
Love RR, Ginsburg OM, Coleman CN.
Annals of Oncology, 2012 Oct 19. PMID: 23087162; PMCID: PMC3501235. - Developing Innovative, Robust and Affordable Medical Linear Accelerators for Challenging Environments.
Dosanjh M, Aggarwal A, Pistenmaa D, et al.
Clinical Oncology, 2019 Feb 22. PMID: 30798993.
Funding & Support
Visionaries
Donors
Entrepreneurs
ICEC ACHIEVEMENTS
Encourages Global Collaboration
ICEC knows that global collaboration is not only possible but is the key to dramatically changing the landscape of cancer care in low and lower-middle income countries. Our global multi-national network approach is a unique systems solution to the unacceptable inequality of access to cancer care.
- The international cancer expert corps: a unique approach for sustainable cancer care in low and lower-middle income countries.
Coleman CN, Formenti SC, Williams TR, et al.
Frontiers in Oncology, 2014 Nov 19. PMID: 25478326; PMCID: PMC4237042. - Dosimetric and clinical impact of 3D vs. 2D planning in palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases.
Pope K, Fitzpatrick D, Potter A, et al.
Support Care Cancer, 2013 Mar 16. PMID: 23503800. - ENLIGHT Network. ENLIGHT: European network for Light ion hadron therapy.
Dosanjh M, Amaldi U, Mayer R, Poetter R.
Radiotherapy Oncology, 2018 Apr 3. PMID: 29625810. - Surveying the Challenges to Improve Linear Accelerator-based Radiation Therapy in Africa: a Unique Collaborative Platform of All 28 African Countries Offering Such Treatment.
Ige TA, Jenkins A, Burt G, et al.
Clinical Oncology (Royal College Radiology), 2021 June. PMID: 34116903.
Public/Private Partnerships and Social Engagement
ICEC is looking beyond simply naming the problems with global cancer care to identifying achievable solutions.
- The role of a public-private partnership: translating science to improve cancer care in the community.
O’Brien DM, Kaluzny AD.
Journal of Healthcare Management, 2014 Jan-Feb. PMID: 24611422. - Editorial: “global challenges in radiation oncology“.
Petereit DG, Coleman CN.
Frontiers in Oncology, 2015 May. PMID: 26029661 PMCID: PMC4432796.
Expertise Beyond Healthcare
Radiation Scientists
Economists
Educators
Sociologists
ICEC ACHIEVEMENTS
Promotes Broader Social Benefit
It is possible to transform global communities and improve outcomes, care, and societies through innovation and collaboration. ICEC is a pioneer in addressing this issue through evidence and programs.
- Global health and cancer.
Roth L, Wendling EC, Coleman CN, Pistenmaa DA, O’Brien DM.
Lancet, 2019 March. PMID: 30860045. - Implementing Cancer Care for the Underserved Globally: From the “5 R’s” of Radiobiology to the “7 P’s” of Global Cancer Care.
Williams TR, Coleman CN.
Seminars in Radiation Oncology, 2017 April. PMID: 28325247. - How vision and leadership shaped the U.S. National Cancer Institute’s 50-year journey to advance the evidence base of cancer control and cancer care delivery research.
Kaluzny AD, O’Brien DM.
Health Policy Open, 2020 December. PMID: 33073235; PMCID: PMC7550860. - Improving clinical research and cancer care delivery in community settings: evaluating the NCI community cancer centers program.
Clauser SB, Johnson MR, O’Brien DM, et al.
Implementation Science, 2009 September 26. PMID: 19781094; PMCID: PMC2764567. - The verdict is in: the time for effective solutions to the global cancer burden is now.
Coleman CN, Minsky BD.
Lancet Oncology, 2015 September. PMID: 26419350. - Treatment, Not Terror: Time for Unique Problem-Solving Partnerships for Cancer Care in Resource-Challenged Environments.
Coleman CN, Pomper MA, Chao N, et al.
Journal Global Oncology, 2017 December. PMID: 29244981; PMCID: PMC5735972. - Global palliative radiotherapy: a framework to improve access in resource-constrained settings.
Elmore SNC, Grover S, Bourque JM, et al.
Annals of Palliative Medicine, 2019 February 23. PMID: 30823841; PMCID: PMC7050283. - Vision 2020: looking back and thinking forward on The Lancet Oncology Commissions.
Gospodarowicz MK, Jaffray DA, Knaul FM.
Lancet Oncology, 2020 September. PMID: 32888451; PMCID: PMC7462593. - Transforming science, service, and society.
Coleman CN, Love RR.
Science Translational Medicine. 2014 October. PMID: 25338753.
Novel Partnerships to Advance Goals
The ICEC network is built with partners across the globe. Connection with our current and future collaborators and the knowledge we can gain from one another provides ongoing evolution for how to adapt to distinct communities.
- Global Collaborations for Cervical Cancer: Can the East-West Alliance Facilitate Treatment for all?
Chopra S, Mittal P, Viswanathan A, et al.
Clinical Oncology (Royal College of Radiologists), 2019 Aug. PMID: 31229379; PMCID: PMC8075155. - Overview of research and therapy facilities for radiobiological experimental work in particle therapy. Report from the European Particle Therapy Network radiobiology group.
Dosanjh M, Jones B, Pawelke J, et al.
Radiotherapy & Oncology, 2018 July. PMID: 29703500. - Challenges and Prospects for Providing Radiation Oncology Services in Africa.
Balogun O, Rodin D, Ngwa W, Grover S, Longo J.
Seminars in Radiation Oncology, 2016 Nov 24. PMID: 28325246; PMCID: PMC5653208. - Navigation as an intervention to eliminate disparities in American Indian communities.
Krebs LU, Burhansstipanov L, Watanabe-Galloway S, et al.
Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 2013 May. PMID: 23651681; PMCID: PMC4144398. - Walking forward: the South Dakota Native American project.
Petereit DG, Rogers D, Burhansstipanov L, et al.
Journal of Cancer Education, 2005 Spring. PMID: 15916524.
Expertise: Healthcare
Practitioners
Allied Healthcare
Professionals
Trainees
Mentors
ICEC ACHIEVEMENTS
Healthcare Delivery Innovation
Recent decades have seen dramatic changes in healthcare delivery. However, these changes have not been geographically consistent. ICEC has conceptualized a the unique flex-competence approach.
- Cancer Care Access and Outcomes for American Indian Populations in the United States: Challenges and Models for Progress.
Guadagnolo BA, Petereit DG, Coleman CN.
Seminars in Radiation Oncology, 2016 Nov 24. PMID: 28325240; PMCID: PMC5363281. - The pervasive crisis of diminishing radiation therapy access for vulnerable populations in the United States, part 2: American Indian patients.
McClelland S 3rd, Leberknight J, Guadagnolo BA, Coleman CN, Petereit DG.
Advanced Radiation Oncology, 2017 August. PMID: 29556572; PMCID: PMC5856975. - Improving the Clinical Treatment of Vulnerable Populations in Radiation Oncology.
McClelland S 3rd, Petereit DG, Zeitlin R, et al.
Advanced Radiation Oncology, 2020 August. PMID: 33305069; PMCID: PMC7718519. - A blueprint for linking academic oncology and the community.
Linggood R, Govern F, Coleman CN.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law, 1998 December. PMID: 9866095. - Walking Forward: A narrative from South Dakota.
Petereit DG.
Practical Radiation Oncology, 2017 Sep 14. PMID: 29042119; PMCID: PMC6541415. - Partnering for success through community-based participatory research in Indian country.
Watanabe-Galloway S, Burhansstipanov L, Krebs LU, et al.
Journal of Cancer Education, 2014 September. PMID: 25030416; PMCID: PMC4142145. - Challenges and Prospects for Providing Radiation Oncology Services in Africa.
Balogun O, Rodin D, Ngwa W, et al.
Seminars in Radiation Oncology, 2016 Nov 24. PMID: 28325246; PMCID: PMC5653208. - Navigation as an intervention to eliminate disparities in American Indian communities.
Krebs LU, Burhansstipanov L, Watanabe-Galloway S, et al.
Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 2013 May. PMID: 23651681; PMCID: PMC4144398.
Capturing Wisdom of Senior & Retiring Experts
Expertise is all too often lost as professionals prepare to retire from their careers. ICEC is a leader in building successful mentorship programs to share knowledge and in addressing the opportunities with purposeful and healthful aging.
- Capturing Acquired Wisdom, Enabling Healthful Aging, and Building Multinational Partnerships Through Senior Global Health Mentorship.
Coleman CN, Wong JE, Wendling E, et al.
Global Health: Science and Practice, 2020 December. PMID: 33361231; PMCID: PMC7784062. - Design and Implementation of a Distant-Learning Clinical Research Mentorship Program: The Accra-Toronto Collaboration.
Vulpe H, Vanderpuyne V, Yarney J, et al.
JCO Global Oncology, 2020 June. PMID: 32603189; PMCID: PMC7328115.
Disease Treatment
Infectious & Non-Communicable
ICEC ACHIEVEMENTS
Academic and Private Sector Global Health Career Paths
A key barrier to radiation oncology in underserved global communities is access to trained professionals who can deliver care to those in need. Bringing in the broad experience of community practitioners is a key goal.
- Global Health in Radiation Oncology: The Emergence of a New Career Pathway.
Rodin D, Yap ML, Grover S, et al.
Seminars in Radiation Oncology, 2016 Nov 9. PMID: 28325237. - The medical student perspective on global health care in radiation oncology: opportunities, barriers to sustainability, and future directions.
Burkeen J, Coleman CN, Daphtary M, Vikram B.
International Journal of Radiation Oncology – Biology – Physics (IJROBP), 2014 July. PMID: 24929160. - Training global oncologists: addressing the global cancer control problem.
Grover S, Balogun OD, Yamoah K, Groen R, Shah M, Rodin D, Olson AC, Slone JS, Shulman LN, Coleman CN, Hahn SM.
Frontiers in Oncology, 2015 April. PMID: 25905040; PMCID: PMC4389376. - Radiation Oncology Fellowship: a Value-Based Assessment Among Graduates of a Mature Program.
Ito E, Moraes FY, Ramotar M, et al.
Journal of Cancer Education, 2020 July. PMID: 32683629. - A Roadmap for a New Academic Pathway for Global Radiation Oncology.
Olson AC, Coleman CN, Hahn SM, et al.
International Journal of Radiation Oncology – Biology – Physics, 2015 November. PMID: 26460990. - A Resident’s Perspective on Global Health Rotations in Radiation Oncology.
Thompson RF, Grover S.
International Journal of Radiation Oncology – Biology – Physics, 2015 Nov 11. PMID: 26581156. - Enhancing Career Paths for Tomorrow’s Radiation Oncologists.
Vapiwala N, Thomas CR Jr, Grover S, et al.
International Journal of Radiation Oncology – Biology – Physics, 2019 May 22. PMID: 31128144; PMCID: PMC7084166.
Comprehensive Cancer Care Includes ID and NCDs
ICEC recognizes that cancer care begins with cancer prevention, education, and surveillance. The era of dichotomization of IDs and NCDs is ready for transformation as seen with COVID-19.
- Achieving flexible competence: bridging the investment dichotomy between infectious diseases and cancer.
Coleman CN, Mansoura MK, Marinissen MJ, et al.
BMJ Global Health, 2020 December. PMID: 33303514; PMCID: PMC7733114. - The power of integration: radiotherapy and global palliative care.
Rodin D, Grover S, Elmore SN, et al.
Annals of Palliative Medicine, 2016 July. PMID: 27481320. - Overcoming Challenges in Providing Radiation Therapy to Patients With Cancer in Nigeria and Experience in the National Hospital Abuja, Nigeria.
Aruah SC, Asogwa OC, Ubah FI, et al.
JCO Global Oncology, 2020 August. PMID: 32755480; PMCID: PMC7456314. - A randomized trial to reduce smoking among American Indians in South Dakota: The walking forward study.
Dignan MB, Jones K, Burhansstipanov L, et al.
Contemporary Clinical Trials, 2019 June. PMID: 30986536; PMCID: PMC6608583.
Research & Development
Academia and Industry
ICEC ACHIEVEMENTS
Accelerated Research Implementation
The gap between research and implementation must be closed to implement truly global cancer care.
- Mobilising Expertise and Resources to Close the Radiotherapy Gap in Cancer Care.
Rodin D, Longo J, Sherertz T, Shah MM, et al.
Clinical Oncology (Royal College of Radiologists, 2016 Dec 9. PMID: 27955997. - The Unique Issues With Brachytherapy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
Grover S, Longo J, Einck J, et al.
Seminars in Radiation Oncology, 2016 Nov 10. PMID: 28325239; PMCID: PMC6661890. - Expanding global access to radiotherapy.
Atun R, Jaffray DA, Barton MB, et al.
Lancet Oncology, 2015 September. PMID: 26419354. - Findings from the native navigators and the Cancer Continuum (NNACC) study.
Burhansstipanov L, Krebs LU, Dignan MB, et al.
Journal of Cancer Education, 2014 September. PMID: 25053462; PMCID: PMC4144404.
Disruptive Innovation
It is not enough to talk about the problem. ICEC is disrupting the ideas and barriers to global cancer care that are prohibiting the issue from being adequately addressed.
- Accurate, Precision Radiation Medicine: A Meta-Strategy for Impacting Cancer Care, Global Health, and Nuclear Policy and Mitigating Radiation Injury From Necessary Medical Use, Space Exploration, and Potential Terrorism.
Coleman CN, Prasanna PGS, Bernhard EJ, et al.
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 2018 June. PMID: 29726348. - Public health oncology: a framework for progress in low- and middle-income countries.
Love RR, Ginsburg OM, Coleman CN.
Annals of Oncology, 2012 Oct 19. PMID: 23087162; PMCID: PMC3501235. - Developing Innovative, Robust and Affordable Medical Linear Accelerators for Challenging Environments.
Dosanjh M, Aggarwal A, Pistenmaa D, et al.
Clinical Oncology (Royal College of Radiologists), 2019 Feb 22. PMID: 30798993.