Main description:

This book describes the principles around which cancer research and clinical trials can be developed. Additionally, by describing the particularities of planning and implementing cancer research in developing countries, this book provides valuable practical information for researchers in resource-rich countries who contemplate cooperating with scientists from limited-resource countries in performing research.Written and edited by leaders in the field who work in these developing countries, Cancer Research and Clinical Trials in Developing Countries: A Practical Guide will appeal to a wide range of researchers, students, and physicians who are engaging in cancer research and clinical trials. It focuses on methodology and statistics while structured around the needs of cancer research. It provides valuable information regarding international collaboration, funding mechanisms as well as publishing and dissemination of research findings.

Contents:

1. Introduction: the need to conduct cancer research in developing countries Daniela Cristina Stefan
2. Steps of a research study: from research question to publicationPriya Ranganathan, Gouri Pantvaidya, CS Pramesh & Rajendra A Badwe
3. Types of research designsFedor Moissenko, Cornelia Braicu, Ciprian Tomuleasa & Ioana Berindan Neagoe
4. Clinical research in developing countries: An overviewMatthys Botha & Michele Zeier
5. The research protocolGilberto Lopes & Gustavo Werutsky
6. Ethics of conducting cancer research in developing countriesJean Marie Kabongo Mpolesha, Ali Mala Mapatano, Ahmed Elzawawy & Zandile Mchiza
7. Data management and statisticsJingmei Jiang, Philip C Nasca, Wei Han, Fang Xue & Biao Zhang
8. Funding For Cancer Research and Clinical Studies in Low and Middle-Income CountriesJohn J. Welch & Luis A. Salicrup 9. International Collaboration in Cancer ResearchD. Christina Stefan & Eduardo Selerio
10. Publication and dissemination of research findings Rebecca Johnson & David Kerr