Conference Proceedings

  1. Williams, C.K.O.: Racial disparity (RD) in cancer risk: Lessons from the global epidemiology of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO); asco.organd jco.ascopubs.org; e12606
  2. Williams, C.K.O.: Epidemiology of childhood leukemia/lymphoma in resource-poor countries: Nature’s manifestation of Ludwik Gross’s experiments on environmental influence on animal leukemogenesis? Proceedings of the 104thAnnual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, April 2013, Abstract # 5028.
  3. Williams, C.K.O.: Childhood leukemia and lymphoma: African experience supports a role for environmental factors. Proceedings of the 103rdAnnual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, Vol. 47, April 2012, Abstract # 12-A-5762-AACR.
  4. Williams, C.K.O.:Survival disparity in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (CHD-ALL): Lessons from challenges in Nigeria (NGR). Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, June 1-5, 2012; Abstract # e17013.
  5. Williams, C.K.O.: HIV/AIDS pandemic (AP) in Africa: Chronicle of a missed opportunity. Clin. Onc. 27, 2009 (suppl; abstr e22235).
  6. Williams, C.K.O.:Cancer control (CC) and African (AF) renaissance: The role of expatriate professionals and scientists. Proceedings of the 97th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, Vol. 47, March 2006, Abstract #
  7. Williams, C.K.O.:HIV/AIDS and the knowledge gap: Failure of pre-pandemic research to avert disaster in parts of Africa. Proceedings of the 96th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, Vol. 46, March 2005, Abstract #504
  8. Williams, C.K.O. Breast cancer aggressiveness: Management of breast cancer in women of African Descent. Conference: George Washington University Breast Cancer Aggressiveness. At: Washington, DC. September 2003 DOI 13140/2.1.4453.1523.
  9. Williams, C.K.O., D’Yachkova,Y., Tai, P.: Relativeimportance of disease characteristics, chemotherapy dose-intensity, number of treatment  cycles and radiotherapy in the outcome of early breast cancer. Proceedings of the 93rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, Vol. 43, March 2002, Abstract #4556
  10. Williams, C.K.O., Foroni,L., Luzzatto,L., Saliu,I., Greaves,M.F.: Reduced incidence of common acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and its absence in the first quinquennium  in an African population is consistent with a role for delayed infection in its aetiology. Proceedings of the 38thAnnual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, May 18-21, 2002, Abstract #1550.
  11. Williams, C.K.O.:Development of a new model of cancer care in the community: A British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA) initiative. Proceedings of the 90th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, Vol. 40, March 1999, Abstract #268.
  12. Williams, C.K.O.: The challenge of management of childhood cancer in developing countries: a review of outcome of management of over 101 cases of advanced Burkitt’s lymphoma in Nigeria. In: Marcos Morales, Ricardo Brentani, and Ruy Bevilacqua (Editors) Proceedings of the 17th International Cancer Congress, Rio de Janeiro, August 24-28, 1998; Monduzzi Editore, Bologna, Italy, pp 1423-1427. DOI: 13140/2.1.4616.9920
  13. Al-Tweigeri T, Magliocco A, Williams C, Walley B, Thain C (1997): Retrospective data in support of drug-induced amenorrhoea as an independent prognostic factor in early-stage breast cancer. Proceedings of the 88thAnnual Meeting of the American Society Clinical Oncology Vol. 38,  p. 156a (Abstract #546).
  14. Al-Tweigeri T, Magliocco AM, Williams C,Thain C (1997): A modified grading system incorporating ErbB2 status predicts early treatment failure in stage 2 breast cancer treated with adjuvant CMF therapy: a 15-year follow-up study. 20th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, TX. December 3-6, 1997.
  15. Williams, C.K.O., Dada, A., Levine, A., Alexander, S.S., Bodner, A., Gallo, R. C., Blattner, W.A. (1997): Presence of Human T lymphotropic virus types I and II (HTLV) in Nigeria, 1985-1986. Proceedings of the 88th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Vol.38, p.172, (Abstract# 1999).
  16. Williams, C.K.O.and Liu, L. (1996): Burkitt’s lymphoma (BL): A human tumor model for the studies of dose intensity (DI) and other chemotherapy principles.  Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Vol.37, p.172, (Abstract# 1172).
  17. Poon, M-C, Williams, C.K.O., Sinclair, G.D. (1995): Host origin of recurrent hepatocarcinoma in a transplanted liver: evidence for the role of circulating neoplastic hepatic progenitor cells.  Proceedings of the Alberta Cancer Board Research Meeting; November, 1995.
  18. Johnson, D. Latreile, J, Laberge, F., Stewart, D, Rusthoven, J., Findlay, B., Ernest, S., Williams, C.K.O.,Hoskins, P., Yelle, L., McMurtrie, E., Dhaliwal, H., Nishimura, L., Pater, J., Zee, B. (1995): Preventing nausea and vomiting during days 2-7 following high dose cisplatin chemotherapy.  A study by the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group (NCIC CTG).  Proc. Amer. Soc. Clin. Oncol. (ASCO) Vol. 14, p. 529 (Abstr. 1745).
  19. Williams, C.K.O. (1994): Primary central nervous system lymphoma – 30-year trend in Saskatchewan, Canada.  Proc Amer Soc Clin Oncol. (ASCO), p. 181 (Abstract 513).  Williams, C.K.O., Alexander, S., Bodner, A., Levine, A., Gallo, R., and Blattner, W. (1990): Survey of HIV and Human T-Cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) infection in Nigerians.  Proc International AIDS Conference; Vol 2, 92.
  20. Williams, C.K.O., Saxinger, C., Alexander, S., Bodner, A., Foroni, Catovsky, D., Luzzatto, L., Levine, A., Gallo, R.C., Blattner, W.A. (1989): Pattern of HTLV-I infection in Nigerians. Amer. Soc. Clin.Oncol. Vol 8, No 368
  21. Williams, C.K.O., Akingbehin, N.A., Seriki, O., and Folami, O.A. (1985): Efficacy of a high-dose cytosine arabinoside (ARA-C) containing regimen in the control of advanced Burkitt’s lymphoma (ADV-BL) – A preliminary assessment.  Proc Amer Soc Clin Oncol Vol 4, 197.
  22. Williams, C.K.O., Ratner, L., Gedris, G. (1978): Relevance of routine and surveillance cultures in management of acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML) patients.   Amer. Soc Clin Oncol Vol 19, 351.