PUBLICATIONS

Project PINK BLUE has the capacity, network, experience, staff, volunteers, research team, and integrity to conduct diverse studies and implement national and international interventions. Since 2014, Project PINK BLUE has implemented over 50 funded projects, and many of those projects have strong research components.

For instance:

• In 2015, through a $57,000 grant from the Union for International Cancer (UICC), Project PINK BLUE trained oncology nurses (https://www.uicc.org/case-studies/establishing-navigation-and-palliative-care-services-metastatic-breast-cancer-patients ) and nurses (https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13187-020-01935-7.pdf ).
• In 2017, with funding from the ACT Foundation, Project PINK BLUE implemented the largest prostate cancer research by a nonprofit. We conducted a national prostate study and followed the patients for six months. The results were published in the Lancet Oncology (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(19)30625-4/fulltext ).
• In 2018, through the funding support of the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Specialist Program, Project PINK BLUE implemented Upgrade Oncology for clinical oncologists. See the publication (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13187-021-02130-y ) from the project. 
• In 2021, through funding support from the ACT Foundation and the U.S. Department of State, Project PINK BLUE implement Upgrade Oncology for oncology-pharmacists in Nigeria (https://aacrjournals.org/cancerres/article/83/7_Supplement/723/724440 ).
• In 2022, in partnership with the American Society of Clinical Pathology, Project PINK BLUE implemented pathology training and have collected national data on clinical pathology. The research team and currently analyzing the data for publication.
• In 2020/2021, Project PINK BLUE implemented the World Cancer Day prevention study in Abuja. The results of the study were published in the Lancet Oncology (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(22)00692-1/fulltext ). 
• In 2022, we co-developed and collected a national data on the status of government-funded radiotherapy services in Nigeria. The results were published on ASCO JCO Global Oncology (https://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/JGO.19.00128 ).
• Our most recent national study on the push and pull factor in the clinical oncology workforce in Nigeria (i.e., a mixed-method study [survey and grounded theory]) was recently published by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) JCO Global Oncology. The titled “Brain Drain in Cancer Care: The Shrinking Oncology Workforce in Nigeria” (https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/GO.23.00257 ).

Please see below some of the research publications over the years: 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

2025

• Chidebe, R. C., Osayi, A., & Torode, J. S. (2025). The Global Fund, Cervical Cancer, and HPV infections: what can low-and middle-income countries do to accelerate progress by 2030?. eClinicalMedicine, 81. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00059-8/fulltext
• Onyedibe, M. C. C., Chidebe, R. C., Andersen, B. L., Ugwoke, U. F., & Ugwu, L. E. Age Modulates, Religious Coping Mediates: The Role of Attitude to Self in Cancer Patients’ Quality of Life. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1558236 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1558236/full
• Chidebe, R. C., Cummins, P. A., Karam, R., Kramer, J., Narine, D., & Yamashita, T. (2025). Producing Graduates That Industry Needs: Exploring the Views of Employers, Administrators, Faculty, and Students on Foundational Skills at Community College STEM Programs. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1-16 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10668926.2024.2426173

2024

• Nwakasi, C., Esiaka, D., Nweke, C., Chidebe, R. C., Villamar, W., & de Medeiros, K. (2023). “We don’t do any of these things because we are a death-denying culture”: Sociocultural perspectives of Black and Latinx cancer caregivers. Palliative & Supportive Care, 1-6. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39327878/
• Chukwuemeka, N. A., Mike Ifeagwazi, C., Chidebe, R. C., Ozor, O. T., Aliche, C. J., Mgbeanuli, C. C., … & Chukwuorji, J. C. (2024). Fifty Years After Nigerian Civil War: Social Support Is Associated with PTSD Symptoms Through Increased Self-Efficacy Among Biafran Veterans. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 08862605241262239. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08862605241262239
• Yamashita, T., Narine, D., Ojomo, A., Chidebe, R. C., Cummins, P. A., Kramer, J. W., … & Smith, T. J. (2024). Digital skills use profiles among older workers in the United States: a person-centered approach. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 1-19. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02601370.2024.2443497
• Narine, D., Yamashita, T., Chidebe, R. C., Cummins, P. A., Kramer, J. W., & Karam, R. (2024). Adult Literacy Skills and Risk of Job Automation Among Middle-Aged and Older Workers in the United States. New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development, 19394225241302158. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/19394225241302158
• Yamashita, T., Narine, D., Chidebe, R. C., Kramer, J. W., Karam, R., Cummins, P. A., & Smith, T. J. (2024). Digital Skills, STEM Occupation, and Job Automation Risks among the Older Workers in the United States. The Gerontologist, gnae069 https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/article/64/8/gnae069/7687881
• Cardoso, F., Paluch-Shimon, S., Schumacher-Wulf, E., Matos, L., … Chidebe, R., & Winer, E. P. (2024). 6th and 7th International consensus guidelines for the management of advanced breast cancer (ABC guidelines 6 and 7). The breast, 76, 103756 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960977624000870
• Reid, F., Adams, T., Adel, R. S., Andrade, C. E., … Chidebe, R.C.., & Soerjomataram, I. (2024). The every woman study™ low-and middle-income countries edition protocol: A multi-country observational study to assess opportunities and challenges to improving survival and quality of life for women with ovarian cancer. Plos one, 19(5), e0298154. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0298154
• Igbokwe, C. C., Ome, B. N., Chidebe, R. C., Igbokwe, B. C., Nwoke, M. B., Obioha, C. W., … & Chukwuorji, J. C. (2024). Social support, health behaviors, self-esteem, and successful aging in a Sub-Saharan African sample of older adults: Test of a sequential mediation model. Innovation in Aging, 8(4), igae030 https://academic.oup.com/innovateage/article/8/4/igae030/7623216
• Onyedibe, M. C. C., Chidebe, R. C., Ugwu, L. E., & Idemudia, E. S. (2024). Cognitive emotion regulation moderates the relationship between anxiety, depression and cancer-related fatigue in cancer patients. Current Psychology, 1-11. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-024-05732-z
• Ashad-Bishop, K. C., Balogun, O. D., Chidebe, R. C., Cook, L. M., & Towers, C. (2024). Black voices in cancer research and oncology. Nature Reviews Cancer, 1-5. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41568-023-00662-7
• Chidebe, R. C., Orjiakor, T. C., Okwu, G. C., Orji, M. G. A., Nwosu-Zitta, T. O., Agha, A. A., … & Darlingtina, K. E. (2024). “Not even my husband knows that I have this [breast cancer]”: survivors’ experiences in accessing, navigating and coping with treatment. Supportive Care in Cancer, 32(2), 112 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00520-024-08316-6

2023

• Chidebe, R. C., Orjiakor, T. C., Lasebikan, N., Joseph, A., Toland, S., & Simons, A. (2023). Brain drain in cancer care: The shrinking clinical oncology workforce in Nigeria. JCO Global Oncology, 9, e2300257.  https://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/GO.23.00257
• Narine, D., Yamashita, T., Chidebe, R. C., Cummins, P. A., Kramer, J. W., & Karam, R. (2023). Associations between education, information-processing skills, and job automation risk in the United States. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 14779714231213004.
• Aruah, S.C., Chidebe, R.C.W., … Manjit, D. (2023). Status of Government-Funded Radiotherapy Services in Nigeria. JCO Global Oncology, 9 (2023) e2200406. https://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/GO.22.00406?role=tab#_i36
• Chidebe, R.C.W., Leibel, L. L., Orjiakor, T. C., Shrestha, A., Agha, A. A., Dindar, D. A., … & Esiaka, D. K. (2023). Promoting cancer prevention through World Cancer Day in Nigeria. The Lancet Oncology, 24(4), 319-322. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(22)00692-1/fulltext  

2022

• Nwakasi, C., Esiaka, D., Pawlowicz, A., Chidebe, R. C., Oluwagbemiga, O., & Mahmoud, K. (2022). “He [the doctor] said I should go and wait for my death:” dualities in care and support access among female cancer survivors. Journal of Cancer Policy, 100374 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213538322000534
• Martin, M.G., Chidebe, R.C.W., Nwaneri, M.O., Miller, E., Okoye, I., Esiaka, D.K., Olasinde, T.A., Durosinmi-Etti, F.A., Igbinoba, F., Adegboyega, B.C. and Adenjii, A., 2022. Impact of 10-Day Fulbright Specialist Program and Project Pink Blue Education Sessions on Medical Oncology Knowledge Among Physicians Who Treat Cancer in Nigeria. Journal of Cancer Education, pp.1-5 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13187-021-02130-y

2021

o   Agha, A. A., Onalu, C. and Chidebe, R. 2021. Bridging the Gap: Investigating the Role of Social Workers in Supporting Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients in Nigeria. Social Work in Public Health. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19371918.2021.1999878

o   Chidebe, R.C. and Pratt-Chapman, M.L., 2021. Oncology Patient Navigation Training: Results of a Pilot Study in Nigeria. Journal of Cancer Education, pp.1-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-020-01935-7

o   Esiaka, D. K., Zacchaeus, E. A., Obosi, A., Chidebe, R. C., & Iorfa, S. K. (2021). The Place of Psychology During a Pandemic: Lessons from COVID-19 in Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Psychological Research, 17(2)

2020

o   Agha, A.A., Onalu, C.E., Ekoh, P.C., Chidebe, R.C.W. and Adewoyin, Y., 2020. Utilization of patient navigation model in eliminating the speed bumps to quality healthcare delivery in Nigeria: A theoretical perspective. Journal of Social Work in Developing Societies, 2(1). https://journals.aphriapub.com/index.php/JSWDS/article/view/1085

2019

o   Chidebe, R.C., Orjiakor, C.T., Pereira, I., Ipiankama, S.C., Lounsbury, D.W. and Moraes, F.Y., 2019. Navigating prostate cancer control in Nigeria. The Lancet Oncology, 20(11), pp.1489-1491. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30625-4

o   Yennurajalingam, S., Amos Jr, C.E., Weru, J., Addo Opare-Lokko, E.B.V., Arthur, J.A., Nguyen, K., Soyannwo, O., Chidebe, R.C., Williams, J.L., Lu, Z. and Baker, E., 2019. Extension for community healthcare outcomes-palliative Care in Africa Program: improving access to quality palliative care. Journal of global oncology, 5, pp.1-8. https://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/JGO.19.00128

2017

o  lbawi, A.M.I, Ayoo, E., Bhadelia, A. Chidebe, R.C.W., Fadelu, T. and et al (2017) Advancing access and equity: the vision of a new generation in cancer control. Volume 18, No. 2, p172–175, February 2017. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(17)30041-4/fulltext