Kwamena Beecham

Clinical sites

CNS, Genitourinary, Thoracic and Gastrointestinal

Education

• BSc Medical Science (University of Ghana)
• MB ChB (University of Ghana Medical School)
• MGCP (Radiation Oncology, Ghana College of Physicians)
• Fellowship in Breast, Head & Neck and Genitourinary cancers (BC Cancer Agency, Canada)

Research interests

Treatment outcomes
Prostate cancer

Academic interests

Collaboration with other specialities in a multidisciplinary setting 

Awards and honours

• 2009 best worker; National Centre for Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, Accra, Ghana

Recent publications

• A Prospective Study to Investigate the Placement of Setup Skin Markings for Larger Breasted Women Undergoing External Beam Radiotherapy (RT) for Breast Cancer; 2019 IJSRST | Volume 6 | Issue 2 | Print ISSN: 2395-6011 | Online ISSN: 2395-602X
• Neoadjuvant systemic therapy in breast cancer; use and trends in radiotherapy practice. Curr Oncol. 2017 Oct; 24(5): 310-317
• Breast dosimetry; a phantom study between tangential wedge fields and multiple open “field in field” 3D conformal forward planning. IJSRT volume 3, issue 6, July-August 2017
• Utilization of Single versus Multiple Fraction Palliative Radiotherapy for Bone Metastases: Population-based Analysis of 16, 898 Courses in a Canadian Province.  Int.  J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014 Aug 1; 89(5): 1092-9, doi 10.1016/j.ijrobp  Physics
• Early results of prostate cancer radiation therapy at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital: An analysis with emphasis on research strategies to improve treatment delivery and outcomes among patients in Ghana. BMC Cancer 2013; 13:23
• Prostate cancer; management of 669 cases in Ghana, West Africa. African Journal of Urology, volume 20, issue 2, June 2014
• Review of the management of gastric cancer; an experience from a limited resource setting; abstract presented at ESMO 2012 
• Management of febrile neutropenia in a low resource setting:  West African Journal of Medicine Sept 2010

Other interests and achievements

• Teaching and mentorship of undergraduate and postgraduate students