Biography
Dr Dorothy Lombe is a radiation oncologist at Bowen Icon Cancer Centre, providing consultation services at Crest Hospital in Palmerston North. Dr Lombe completed specialist radiation oncology training in Cape Town, South Africa, followed by a clinical and research brachytherapy fellowship in Canada before relocating to New Zealand. Alongside her practice at Icon, Dr Lombe practices at Palmerston North Hospital and is Associate Dean at the University of Otago Medical School Wellington Campus. She is actively involved in clinical research.
Dr Lombe is a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and a member of the Scientific Committee of the Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG). She regularly peer-reviews for international scientific journals and contributes to both national and international cancer research. Dr Lombe accepts referrals for a wide range of solid tumour malignancies including central nervous system (CNS) cancers, lung cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, genitourinary cancer, gynaecological cancers, skin cancers, benign conditions and glioblastoma. She is experienced in the use of advanced radiotherapy techniques, including stereotactic radiotherapy and brachytherapy.
Publications
Hettipathirana, T., Macdonald, C., Xie, J., Moodie, K., Michael, C., & Phillips, K. (2021). The value of clinical breast examination in a breast cancer surveillance program for women with germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. Medical Journal of Australia, 215(10), 460–464. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51226
Lombe DC, Mwamba M, Simwinga M, Bond V, Ssemata AS, Muhumuza R, et al. Defining national research priorities for prostate cancer in Zambia: using the Delphi process for comprehensive cancer policy setting in sub-Saharan Africa. BMJ Oncology, 2024;3:e000172.
Mwamba, M. et al. A Narrative Synthesis of Literature on the Barriers to Timely Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa Mwamba, M. et al. Clinical Oncology, 35(9), e537 – e548.
Kevin Diao, Darya A Kizub, Noveen Ausat, Catherine K Mwaba, Chidinma P Anakwenze Akinfenwa, Carrie A Cameron, Elizabeth Y Chiao, Dorothy C Lombe, Susan C Msadabwe, Lilie L Lin. Perspectives of Zambian Clinical Oncology Trainees in the MD Anderson and Zambia Virtual Clinical Research Training Program (MOZART). The Oncologist, 2022; 27(10), e804–e810.
Lombe, Dorothy et al. Gynecological radiation oncology in sub-Saharan Africa: status, problems and considerations for the future. International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, 2022; 32(3), 451 – 456.
Kevin Diao et al. Building Capacity for Cancer Research in the Era of COVID-19: Implementation and Results From an International Virtual Clinical Research Training Program in Zambia. JCO Glob Oncol 8, e2100372(2022).