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Margaret Borok
Researcher at College of Health Sciences, Bahrain
Publications - 54
Citations - 1664
Margaret Borok is an academic researcher from College of Health Sciences, Bahrain. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Population. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 47 publications receiving 1329 citations. Previous affiliations of Margaret Borok include University of Zimbabwe.
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Trends in the incidence of cancer in the black population of Harare, Zimbabwe 1991-2010.
Eric Chokunonga,Margaret Borok,Zvavahera M. Chirenje,Anna Mary Nyakabau,Donald Maxwell Parkin +4 more
TL;DR: Cancer control in Zimbabwe, as elsewhere in sub‐Saharan Africa, involves meeting the challenge of emerging cancers associated with westernization of lifestyles (large bowel, breast and prostate), while the incidence of cancersassociated with poverty and infection shows little decline, and the residual burden of the AIDS‐associated cancers remains significant.
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Relationship of human herpesvirus 8 peripheral blood virus load and Kaposi's sarcoma clinical stage.
Thomas B. Campbell,Margaret Borok,Lovemore Gwanzura,Samantha MaWhinney,Irene E. White,Buxton Ndemera,Ivy Gudza,Lisa Fitzpatrick,Robert T. Schooley +8 more
TL;DR: The strong association observed between the extent of KS disease and the levels of HHV-8 DNA in PBMC provides further evidence for a relationship between HHV -8 virus load and KS pathogenesis.
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Quality care at the end of life in Africa.
Cecilia Sepulveda,Vincent Habiyambere,Jacinto Amandua,Margaret Borok,Ekie Kikule,Barbara Mudanga,Twalib Ngoma,Bogale Solomon +7 more
TL;DR: The greatest needs of terminally ill patients were for adequate pain relief, accessible and affordable drugs, and financial support to counter the loss of income of both patient and family caregiver.
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Aids and cancer in Africa: the evolving epidemic in Zimbabwe.
Eric Chokunonga,Lorraine M. Levy,Mary T. Bassett,Margaret Borok,Bonnie Mauchaza,Mike Chirenje,Donald Maxwell Parkin +6 more
TL;DR: The AIDS epidemic has had a dramatic effect on the profile of cancer in Zimbabwe, and changes in incidence involve several cancers previously linked to AIDS in North America and Europe.
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Cervical cancer survival in sub-Saharan Africa by age, stage at diagnosis and Human Development Index: A population-based registry study.
Walburga Yvonne Joko-Fru,Adalberto Miranda-Filho,Isabelle Soerjomataram,Marcel Egue,Marie‐Thérèse Akele‐Akpo,Guy N'da,Mathewos Assefa,Nathan Buziba,Anne Korir,Bakarou Kamate,Cheick Bougadari Traore,Shyam Manraj,Cesaltina Lorenzoni,Carla Carrilho,Rolf Hansen,Anne Finesse,Ntuthu Somdyala,Henry Wabinga,Tatenda Chingonzoh,Margaret Borok,Eric Chokunonga,Biying Liu,Eva Johanna Kantelhardt,Paul McGale,Donald Maxwell Parkin +24 more
TL;DR: Downstaging breast cancer at diagnosis and improving access to quality care could be pivotal in improving breast cancer survival outcomes in Africa.