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Call for papers - Implementation of cancer strategies in primary care: Addressing global disparities

Guest Editors:
Tanimola Martins: University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Suzanne Scott: Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

Submission Status: Open   |   Submission Deadline: 15 November 2024

BMC Global and Public Health is calling for submissions to our Collection on the global evidence and equity in access to cancer prevention and diagnostic strategies. BMC Global and Public Health invites the submission of Research, Comment, Review, and Opinion articles of outstanding interest covering a breadth of multi-disciplinary studies and advances in global primary care cancer strategies, ranging from observational to interventional.

Meet the Guest Editors

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Tanimola Martins: University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Tani holds the positions of Lecturer in Postgraduate Education and Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Exeter Medical School. With a background in Medical Rehabilitation and Public Health, he earned a PhD in ethnic inequality in the diagnosis of symptomatic cancer. His research employs both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine and quantify sociodemographic disparities in cancer diagnosis, aiming to formulate appropriate interventions to address the same. Tani's ongoing research, supported by Cancer Research UK and the NIHR School of Primary Care Research, involves researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and University College London to investigate ethnic disparities in the diagnosis and outcomes of symptomatic cancer.

Suzanne Scott: Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

Suzanne Scott is a Health Psychology and Early Cancer Diagnosis Professor at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health at Queen Mary University of London, UK. Her research focuses on symptom perception and help-seeking behavior for cancer symptoms and the design and implementation of strategies to encourage timely cancer diagnosis. Professor Scott is the behavioral science lead on several international collaborations, including an NIHR Global Health Group on timely diagnosis of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa.

About the Collection

Cancer remains a significant global challenge, as evidenced by large variations in incidence and survival rates. Effective diagnostic strategies are important for tackling this problem, where encouraging early detection and reducing the burden of advanced-stage disease is regarded as a key component for improved outcomes. Primary health care is considered an opportune setting for implementing early diagnosis strategies. However, access to care is globally disproportionate, and disparities in public health infrastructures between and within countries can undermine opportunities for earlier diagnosis. Unequal access to initial investigations for possible cancer exists for a variety of political, financial, cultural, social, technological, and geographical reasons. Indeed, marginalized communities in low and high-resource countries may experience the least access, even though their need may be greatest. This collection focuses on the global evidence and equity in access to cancer prevention and diagnostic strategies. 
 
To capture global efforts and novel approaches in this multi-disciplinary area, BMC Global and Public Health is pleased to announce a call for papers for our upcoming collection entitled 'Implementation of cancer strategies in primary care: Addressing global disparities', guest edited by Dr. Tanimola Martins, from the University of Exeter and Professor Suzanne Scott, from the Queen Mary University of London. We envision that this work will inform future research, frameworks, intervention development, and policy.

We are now inviting the submission of Research, Comment, Review, and Opinion articles of outstanding interest covering a breadth of multi-disciplinary studies and advances in global primary care cancer strategies, ranging from observational to interventional, that are focused on:  

  • International cancer burden/survival rates
  • Health economics of cancer strategies and future costs of cancer
  • Uptake of screening and barriers/facilitators to screening, including solutions to address these barriers.
  • Cancer prevention strategies in low-middle-income countries (LMICs)
  • Health behavior change and cancer outcomes
  • Cancer knowledge/beliefs/awareness and their impact on diagnostic pathways
  • Development and implementation of cancer strategies, including challenges and solutions
  • Health care provider analysis/availability and effectiveness of primary care facilities for cancer detection/diagnosis (particularly in LMICs).
  • Regional/National/International disparity in cancer strategy research/resources
  • Cancer strategies in vulnerable populations
  • Primary care cancer diagnosis in LMICs
  • Potential for technology/diagnostics in supporting cancer strategies in marginalized communities

 
We encourage work from local, regional, national, and global partnerships and collaboration among scientists from multi-disciplinary fields and using multiple methodologies. We ask that authors be attentive to the use of non-stigmatizing/preferred language in their manuscripts as outlined in relevant language guidelines for their respective fields.

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  1. Tackling inequities in cancer outcomes is a global health priority. One avenue for improving early diagnosis of cancer is to ensure people know when and how to seek help for cancer symptoms and that this knowl...

    Authors: Katriina L. Whitaker, Tetyana Perchyk, Robert S. Kerrison and Agnieszka Lemanska
    Citation: BMC Global and Public Health 2024 2:49
  2. In Ecuador, cervical cancer is the third most common cancer among women and the second most common cause of cancer-related death in women. Although HPV represents a serious public health problem worldwide, the...

    Authors: Rosa de los Ángeles Bayas-Rea, Karina Ponce, Andrea Guenther, Juan D. Mosquera, Carolina Armijos, Lorena Mejía, Gabriela Bustamante and Sonia Zapata
    Citation: BMC Global and Public Health 2024 2:46
  3. Colorectal cancer (CRC) poses a significant public health challenge in Canada, with the Atlantic provinces bearing a particularly high burden. The implementation of population-based colon screening programs is...

    Authors: Kazeem Adefemi, John C. Knight, Yun Zhu and Peizhong Peter Wang
    Citation: BMC Global and Public Health 2024 2:28

Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Implementation of cancer strategies in primary care: Addressing global disparities" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published. If you would like to enquire about the suitability of a manuscript for consideration, please email bmcglobalpublichealth@biomedcentral.com.

The Guest Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Guest Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editor or Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.