Baffour Awuah
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital(GH)
Publications by Year
Research Areas
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
Most-Cited Works
- → Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013(2015)2,723 cited
- → Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition(2015)1,995 cited
- → Cancer in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020: a review of current estimates of the national burden, data gaps, and future needs(2022)250 cited
- → Cancer incidence in Ghana, 2012: evidence from a population-based cancer registry(2014)121 cited
- → Evaluating Polygenic Risk Scores for Breast Cancer in Women of African Ancestry(2021)74 cited
- → Health system strengthening: Integration of breast cancer care for improved outcomes(2020)49 cited
- → Traditional Herbalists and Cancer Management in Kumasi, Ghana(2012)49 cited
- → Cross-ancestry GWAS meta-analysis identifies six breast cancer loci in African and European ancestry women(2021)47 cited
- → Malignant tumours in urban Ghana: evidence from the city of Kumasi(2019)43 cited
- → A method to reduce ancestry related germline false positives in tumor only somatic variant calling(2017)42 cited