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Afua Owusua Darkwah Abrahams

SENIOR LECTURER

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Senior Lecturer, University of Ghana Medical School Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteUNIV. OF GHANA MEDICAL SCHOOL
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY
NeoplasiaMedical education
Publications

40

Citations

616

H-index

11

i10-index

11

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
15.4
Most cited paper
209
First publication year
2012
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 07:57
Publications

40 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Characterizing prostate cancer risk through multi-ancestry genome-wide discovery of 187 novel risk variants
A Wang, J Shen, AA Rodriguez, EJ Saunders, F Chen, R Janivara, ...
2023 Nature genetics 55 (12), 2065-2074, 2023 Health Sciences 209
Evidence of novel susceptibility variants for prostate cancer and a multiancestry polygenic risk score associated with aggressive disease in men of African ancestry
F Chen, RK Madduri, AA Rodriguez, BF Darst, A Chou, X Sheng, A Wang, ...
2023 European urology 84 (1), 13-21, 2023 Health Sciences 59
A rare germline HOXB13 variant contributes to risk of prostate cancer in men of African ancestry
BF Darst, R Hughley, A Pfennig, U Hazra, C Fan, P Wan, X Sheng, L Xia, ...
2022 European urology 81 (5), 458-462, 2022 Health Sciences 52
Validation of a multi-ancestry polygenic risk score and age-specific risks of prostate cancer: A meta-analysis within diverse populations
F Chen, BF Darst, RK Madduri, AA Rodriguez, X Sheng, CT Rentsch, ...
2022 Elife 11, e78304, 2022 Health Sciences 47
Testing the generalizability of ancestry-specific polygenic risk scores to predict prostate cancer in sub-Saharan Africa
MS Kim, D Naidoo, U Hazra, MH Quiver, WC Chen, CN Simonti, ...
2022 Genome biology 23 (1), 194, 2022 Health Sciences 44
A custom genotyping array reveals population-level heterogeneity for the genetic risks of prostate cancer and other cancers in Africa
M Harlemon, O Ajayi, P Kachambwa, MS Kim, CN Simonti, MH Quiver, ...
2020 Cancer research 80 (13), 2956-2966, 2020 Health Sciences 44
Heterogeneous genetic architectures of prostate cancer susceptibility in sub-Saharan Africa
R Janivara, WC Chen, U Hazra, S Baichoo, I Agalliu, P Kachambwa, ...
2024 Nature Genetics 56 (10), 2093-2103, 2024 Health Sciences 30
Contemporary radiation treatment of prostate cancer in Africa: a Ghanaian experience
FA Asamoah, J Yarney, S Awasthi, V Vanderpuye, PS Venkat, AK Fink, ...
2018 Journal of Global Oncology 4, 1-13, 2018 Health Sciences 23
Prostate tumors of native men from West Africa show biologically distinct pathways—a comparative genomic study
K Yamoah, FA Asamoah, AOD Abrahams, S Awasthi, JE Mensah, ...
2021 The Prostate 81 (16), 1402-1410, 2021 Health Sciences 15
Idiopathic scrotal calcinosis: a case report and review of postoperative outcomes
MY Kyei, R Djagbletey, AD Abrahams, JE Mensah
2020 Case Reports in Urology 2020 (1), 8877695, 2020 Health Sciences 15
The distribution of hrHPV genotypes among cervical cancer cases diagnosed across Ghana: a cross-sectional study
PK Akakpo, EG Imbeah, K Ulzen-Appiah, A Darkwa-Abrahams, E Adjei, ...
2024 BMC Infectious Diseases 24 (1), 356, 2024 Health Sciences 11
Role of the IL-8/CXCR2 axis in promoting vasculogenic mimicry in triple-negative breast cancer through epithelial-mesenchymal transition
S Abdulkarim, JT Quarshie, PA Birokorang, MA Mawuli, SM Baffoe, ...
2024 Cancer Plus 6 (2), 3356, 2024 Health Sciences 9
Utility of anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis antibody (ab905) for detection of mycobacterial antigens in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues from clinically and …
SO Addo, AOD Abrahams, GI Mensah, BA Mawuli, L Mosi, EK Wiredu, ...
2022 Heliyon 8 (12), 2022 Health Sciences 9
Sjögren's and plasma cell variant Castleman disease: a case report
YA Dei-Adomakoh, L Quarcoopome, AD Abrahams, CI Segbefia, DI Dey
2018 Ghana medical journal 52 (1), 61, 2018 Health Sciences 9
Trends in extrapulmonary TB cases at three teaching hospitals in Ghana, 2008–2017
SO Addo, GI Mensah, L Mosi, A Abrahams, B Bonfoh, R Kazwala, ...
2021 Public Health Action 11 (1), 26-32, 2021 Health Sciences 8
Genetic diversity and drug resistance profiles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Ghana and their associated host …
SO Addo, GI Mensah, L Mosi, AOD Abrahams, KK Addo
2022 IJID regions 4, 75-84, 2022 Health Sciences 6
Availability and geographic access to breast cancer pathology services in Ghana
MD Price, ME Mali, A Ernest, AOD Abrahams, E Goold, L Elvira, F Dedey, ...
2024 Plos one 19 (8), e0305901, 2024 Health Sciences 5
Heterogeneous genetic architectures and evolutionary genomics of prostate cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa
T Rebbeck, R Janivara, W Chen, U Hazra, S Baichoo, I Agalliu, ...
2023 Research Square, rs. 3. rs-3378303, 2023 Health Sciences 5
Definitive radiation treatment patterns and outcomes for low and intermediate risk prostate cancer patients: a cross-continental comparative study
FA Asamoah, J Yarney, S Awasthi, V Vanderpuye, MA Dadzie, A Fink, ...
2019 American Journal of Clinical Oncology 42 (12), 937, 2019 Health Sciences 5
Multinational, multicenter evaluation of prostate cancer tissue in Sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and opportunities
AC van Wyk, P Lal, JO Ogunbiyi, L Kyokunda, F Hobenu, C Dial, M Jalloh, ...
2024 JCO Global Oncology 10, e2300403, 2024 Health Sciences 4
Current realities of Wilms tumor burden and therapy in Ghana
NAT Kontchou, E Amankwah, I Seidu, LL Stafman, S Zhao, ...
2024 Journal of Pediatric Surgery 59 (7), 1342-1348, 2024 Health Sciences 2
Sickle Cell Disease and Acute Chest Syndrome: Mechanisms and Pathogenenesis
OA Adisa, A Owusu-Ansah, AD Abrahams, S Ghosh, SF Ofori-Acquah
2016 Hematologic Abnormalities and Acute Lung Syndromes, 49-65, 2016 Health Sciences 2
Immunophenotypic characterisation of non-Hodgkin lymphomas at a tertiary hospital in Ghana
J Adomako, AOD Abrahams, YA Dei-Adomakoh
2022 ecancermedicalscience 16, 1458, 2022 Health Sciences 1
Comparative transcriptomics of prostate tumor show enrichment of biologically distinct pathways among men of african origin
K Yamoah, FA Asamoah, A Abrahams, S Awasthi, J Mensah, J Dhillon, ...
2020 International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 108 (3), S48, 2020 Natural Sciences 1
Prostate cancer diagnostic methods in Korle Bu Teaching hospital, Accra, Ghana
AD Abrahams, JE Mensah, Y Tettey
2015 Postgraduate medical Journal of Ghana 4 (2), 51-54, 2015 Health Sciences 1