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Review
. 2023 Jan:9:e2200247.
doi: 10.1200/GO.22.00247.

Breast Cancer in the United Arab Emirates

Humaid O Al-Shamsi  1   2   3   4 , Nadia Abdelwahed  1   2   4 , Aydah Al-Awadhi  4 , Mohamed Albashir  5 , Amin M Abyad  1 , Saeed Rafii  4   6 , Mehdi Afrit  7 , Bilal Al Lababidi  5 , Ibrahim Abu-Gheida  1   8 , Yoginee Pundlik Sonawane  1 , Neil A Nijhawan  1 , Urfan Ul Haq  9 , Norbert Dreier  9 , Thanda Lucy Ann Joshua  9 , Faryal Iqbal  1   2 , Tamer Yacoub  5 , Faisal A Nawaz  10 , Dima Abdul Jabbar  4 , Syed Hammad Tirmazy  11 , Dalia M El-Shourbagy  11 , Dina Hamza  11 , Mohamed Omara  11 , Sawsan Abdul Salam Al Madhi  12 , Hassan Ghazal  13 , Humaa Darr  4 , Muharrem Oner  14 , Zoi Vlamaki  9 , Abdul Rahman El Kinge  15 , Dorai Ramanathan  14 , Mohammed Judah  1 , Taghreed Almahmeed  14 , Mudhasir Ahmad  16 , Sai Babu Jonnada  16 , Nahla Almansoori  4 , Aly A Razek  17 , Annett Al-Hamadi  4 , Nahed Balalaa  4 , Faek Jamali  4   18 , Ramanujam Anugonda Singarachari  4   19 , Abdelrahman Labban  4 , Kaltar Das  11 , Ernest J T Luiten  8 , Tamer Abdelgawad  1 , Falah Al-Khatib  14 , Sadir Alrawi  1 , Hassan Jaafar  1
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Breast Cancer in the United Arab Emirates

Humaid O Al-Shamsi et al. JCO Glob Oncol. 2023 Jan.
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Humaid O. Al-Shamsi

Employment: VPS Healthcare

Leadership: VPS Healthcare

Honoraria: AstraZeneca/Merck, Roche, Astellas Pharma, Vitaris, Lilly, Ipsen, Novartis

Consulting or Advisory Role: Roche

Speakers' Bureau: Novartis

Research Funding: Merck

Travel, Accommodations, Expenses: Lilly

Aydah Al-Awadhi

Honoraria: Pfizer, MSD Oncology, Roche, AstraZeneca/Daiichi Sankyo, Merck, Novartis, Lilly

Consulting or Advisory Role: Lilly, AstraZeneca/Daiichi Sankyo, MSD, Roche, Novartis/Pfizer

Speakers' Bureau: Merck, Roche, MSD, Novartis, AstraZeneca/Daiichi Sankyo, Lilly, Pfizer

Travel, Accommodations, Expenses: Pfizer

Saeed Rafii

Honoraria: AstraZeneca/MedImmune, MSD, Amgen, Merck

Ibrahim Abu-Gheida

Employment: VPS HealthCare

Honoraria: AstraZeneca/Merck

Mohamed Omara

Consulting or Advisory Role: New bridge

Travel, Accommodations, Expenses: Pfizer

Abdul Rahman El Kinge

Honoraria: Roche, Pfizer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck Serono

Consulting or Advisory Role: Bristol Myers Squibb, Pfizer, MSD Oncology

Mudhasir Ahmad

Employment: Lifecare Hospital Mussafah, Fortis Hospital Noida, India

Stock and Other Ownership Interests: Burjeel Holdings

Honoraria: Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Abbott Biotherapeutics, Zydus Pharmaceuticals, Horizon CME, Glenmark, AstraZeneca, Intas, Pfizer India, Biocon, Converge Pharma India, Novartis, Torrent Pharmaceuticals India

Consulting or Advisory Role: Torrent Pharmaceuticals India, Esperer Nutrition India

Travel, Accommodations, Expenses: AstraZeneca UAE, Esperer Nutrition India

Ernest J.T. Luiten

Consulting or Advisory Role: MedTech Corp Medical Equipment, Agendia

Travel, Accommodations, Expenses: MedTech Corp Medical Equipment

No other potential conflicts of interest were reported.

Figures

FIG 1
FIG 1
Registered BC cases in the UAE over the past 4 decades. BC, breast cancer; NCR, National Cancer Registry; UAE, United Arab Emirates.
FIG 2
FIG 2
(A) Age group distribution of female BC cases in the UAE in 2017. (B) ASIR for female BC cases in the UAE in 2017. Reproduced with permission. ASIR, age-specific incidence rate; BC, breast cancer; UAE, United Arab Emirates.
FIG 3
FIG 3
Breast cancer journal publications from the United Arab Emirates (2001-2021) by study type.
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