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Dr Kwabena Amo-Antwi

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Dr Kwabena Amo-Antwi

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About Me

Dr Kwabena Amo-Antwi (KAA) has been an obstetrician-gynaecologist at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for about 14 years and 22 years as a practicing doctor. He has performed or assisted in over 1000 retroperitoneal surgeries which are essential for early ovarian, cervical, and endometrial malignancies. He also lectures at KNUST and is a trainer for obstetrics and gynaecology faculties of Ghana and West African Colleges of Surgeons, and previously as a part-time lecturer at Kumasi Nursing and Midwifery Teaching School nursing students. He is goal-oriented, funny, decisive, and a team player with superb leadership skills. My initial research area of interest was the treatment of women with cervical cancer in a low-resource setting; as background knowledge began to grow, I am now fascinated with research on the prevention and management of precancer cervical lesions and the molecular basis of ovarian and uterine cancer in black women. Several peer-reviewed journals have published his pioneering research on gynaecological cancer in Ghana. These studies focus on improving gynaecological cancer treatment in low-resource settings. While cancer is multidisciplinary, I have collaborated with other researchers in other disciplines, leading to publications in many specialities besides obstetrics and gynaecology. I have contributed to close to 30 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Contributions to Science

  1. Nartey Y, Amo-Antwi K, Hill PC, Dassah ET, Asmah RH, Nyarko KM, et al. Human papillomavirus genotype distribution among women with and without cervical cancer: Implication for vaccination and screening in Ghana. PloS One. 2023;18(1):e0280437. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280437

  2. Amo-Antwi K, Agambire R, Konney TO, Nguah SB, Dassah ET, Nartey Y, et al. Health-related quality of life among cervical cancer survivors at a tertiary hospital in Ghana. PLOS ONE. 2022 Jun 3;17(6):e0268831. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268831

  3. Amo-Antwi K, Dassah ET, Konney TO, Opoku BK, Ankobea F, Lawrence E, et al. A Comparison of Two Dosing Regimens of Misoprostol in Labour Induction: A Randomised Controlled Trial. Postgrad Med J Ghana. 2023 Mar 15;12(1):13–9.  https://doi.org/10.60014/pmjg.v12i1.308

  4. Amo-Antwi K, Agambire R, Konney OT, Appiah-Kubi A, Ankobea-Kokroe F, Tawiah A, et al. Eighteen-Year-Old Nulliparous Woman with Massive Mucinous Cystadenoma in Pregnancy: Case Report. Postgrad Med J Ghana. 2021;10(2):155–60. https://doi.org/10.60014/pmjg.v10i2.267

  5. Appiah-Kubi A, Konney TO, Amo-Antwi K, Tawiah A, Nti MK, Ankobea-Kokroe F, et al. Factors associated with late-stage presentation of cervical cancer in Ghana. Ghana Med J. 2022 Jun;56(2):86–94. DOI: 10.4314/gmj.v56i2.5

  6. Erem AS, Appiah-Kubi A, Konney TO, Amo-Antwi K, Bell SG, Johnson TRB, et al. Gynecologic Oncology Sub-Specialty Training in Ghana: A Model for Sustainable Impact on Gynecologic Cancer Care in Sub-Saharan Africa. Front Public Health. 2020;8:603391. 10.3389/fpubh.2020.603391

  7. Tannor EK, Hutton-Mensah K, Opare-Addo P, Agyei MK, Gyan KF, Inusah AJ, Nyann BI, Amo-Antwi K, et al. Fifty years of hemodialysis in Ghana-current status, utilization and cost of dialysis services. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Oct 27;23(1):1170. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-10154-x

  8. Bell SG, Konney TO, Appiah-Kubi A, Tawiah A, Amo-Antwi K, Annan JJK, et al. Two rare presentations of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the cervix in teenagers at a low-resource teaching hospital in Ghana: A case series. Gynecol Oncol Rep. 2021 Mar 19;36:100750. doi: 10.1016/j.gore.2021.100750

  9. Akakpo PK, Imbeah EG, Ulzen-Appiah K, Darkwa-Abrahams A, Adjei E, Amo-Antwi K, et al. The distribution of hrHPV genotypes among cervical cancer cases diagnosed across Ghana: a cross-sectional study. BMC Infect Dis. 2024 Mar 27;24(1):356. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-024-09166-7

  10. Tawiah A, Konney TO, Dassah ET, Visser LE, Amo-Antwi K, Appiah-Kubi A, et al. Determinants of cervical cancer screening uptake among women with access to free screening: A community-based study in peri-urban Ghana. Int J Gynaecol Obstet Off Organ Int Fed Gynaecol Obstet. 2022 Nov;159(2):513–21. DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.14158

  11. Nartey Y, Amo-Antwi K, Hill PC, Dassah ET, Asmah R, Nyarko KM, et al. Risk Factors for Cervical Cancer in Ghana. Cancer Rep. 2024 Jun 21;7. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnr2.2124

  12. Tawiah A, Konney TO, Dassah ET, Visser LE, Amo-Antwi K, Appiah-Kubi A, et al. Determinants of cervical cancer screening uptake among women with access to free screening: A community-based study in peri-urban Ghana. Int J Gynecol Obstet. 2022;159(2):513–21. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.14158

  13. Nartey Y, Hill P, Amo-Antwi K, Asmah R, Nyarko K, Yarney J, et al. Recommendations for cervical cancer prevention and control in Ghana: public education and human papillomavirus vaccination. Ghana Med J. 2018 Jun;52(2):94–102. doi: 10.4314/gmj.v52i2.6

  14. Nartey Y, Hill PC, Amo-Antwi K, Nyarko KM, Yarney J, Cox B. Characteristics of Women Diagnosed with Invasive Cervical Cancer in Ghana. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev APJCP. 2018 Feb 26;19(2):357–63. doi: 10.22034/APJCP.2018.19.2.357

  15. Nartey Y, Hill PC, Amo-Antwi K, Nyarko KM, Yarney J, Cox B. Cervical Cancer in the Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions of Ghana. J Glob Oncol. 2016 Oct 28;JGO005744. doi: 10.1200/JGO.2016.005744

  16. Nartey Y, Hill PC, Amo-Antwi K, Nyarko KM, Yarney J, Cox B. Factors Contributing to the Low Survival Among Women With a Diagnosis of Invasive Cervical Cancer in Ghana. Int J Gynecol Cancer Off J Int Gynecol Cancer Soc. 2017;27(9):1926–34. DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0000000000001088

  17. Opoku BK, Djokoto R, Owusu-Bempah A, Amo-Antwi K. Huge Abdominal Mass Secondary to a Transverse Vaginal Septum and Cervical Dysgenesis. Ghana Med J. 2011 Dec;45(4):174–6. PMCID: PMC3283091

  18. Konney T, Johnston C, Amo-Antwi K, Appiah-Kubi A, Tawiah A, Antwi-Kusi A, et al. 185 Stage 1B2 invasive cervical cancer diagnosed at 20 weeks gestation: neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by caesarean radical hysterectomy at term and chemoradiation: report of a case. Vol. 29, International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer. 2019. A82.1. https://doi.org/10.1136/ijgc-2019-IGCS.185

  19. Nartey Y, Amo-Antwi K, Hill PC, Dassah ET, Asmah R, Nyarko KM, et al. Risk Factors for Cervical Cancer in Ghana. Cancer Rep. 2024 Jun 21;7. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnr2.2124
 

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

Covid surgery collaborative, global

  1. GlobalSurg Collaborative and NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery. Effects of hospital facilities on patient outcomes after cancer surgery: an international, prospective, observational study. Lancet Glob Health. 2022 Jul;10(7):e1003–11.

  2. COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative. SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2022 Jan;77(1):28–39.

  3. Collaborative Covids, Collaborative G. Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2021 Nov 1;76(11):1454–64.

  4. Collaborative Covids, Collaborative G. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2021;76(6):748–58.

  5. COVIDSurg Collaborative. Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study. Lancet Oncol. 2021 Nov;22(11):1507–17.

  

ONGOING RESEARCH

  1. Automated Visual Evaluation and Geospatial Mapping For Cervical Cancer Screening Optimization In Sub-Saharan Africa)
  2. Diagnosing Ovarian Cancers in Ghanaian Women: Challenges And Outcomes
  3. Endometrial cancer study

 

Peer Reviewer

  1. REVIEWER, PLOS ONE JOURNAL
  2. REVIEWER, JOURNAL OF WEST AFRICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEON
  3. PLOS ONE JOURNAL
  4. REVIEWER, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS
  5. REVIEWER, INTERNAL JOURNAL OF WOMEN’S HEALTH
  6. REVIEWER, BMC CANCER
  7. REVIEWER, BMC WOMEN HEALTH
  8. REVIEWER, BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILD HEALTH
  9. REVIEWER, DISCOVER MEDICINE