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Challenges in Cancer Research in Africa

Rosemary RochfordRosemary Rochford PhD is widely known for her research on Burkitt‘s Lymphoma, the most common childhood cancer in sub-Saharan Africa.  She will talk about the cancer challenges in developing countries, how the cancer registry programs work, the main types of cancers that exist in Africa and how they differ from those in the United States.  Rochford is professor & chair of Microbiology & Immunology and recently appointed vice president for research at Upstate.   

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