About the Authors

Witness Mapanga

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

wittymapanga@gmail.com, wmapanga@witshealth.co.za

Affiliations Division of the Wits Health Consortium, Non-Communicable Diseases Research (NCDR), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Shane A. Norris

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of the Wits Health Consortium, Non-Communicable Diseases Research (NCDR), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, SAMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways to Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Wenlong C. Chen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations National Cancer Registry, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Charmaine Blanchard

Roles Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of the Wits Health Consortium, Non-Communicable Diseases Research (NCDR), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Centre for Palliative Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Anita Graham

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Tom Boyles

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Helen Joseph Hospital, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, ANOVA Health Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Bernard Donde

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Linda Greef

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Cancer Alliance, Johannesburg, South Africa

Ken Huddle

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Busisiwe Khumalo

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Elizabeth Leepile

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gauteng Department of Health, Tladi Provincial Clinic, Johannesburg, South Africa

Buhle Lubuzo

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Discipline of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of the KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa

Raynolda Makhutle

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of the Wits Health Consortium, Non-Communicable Diseases Research (NCDR), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Yusuf Mayet

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Merika Tsitsi

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

Preethi Mistri

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation CANSA Association South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa

Keletso Mmoledi

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of the Wits Health Consortium, Non-Communicable Diseases Research (NCDR), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Mpho Ratshikana-Moloko

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of the Wits Health Consortium, Non-Communicable Diseases Research (NCDR), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Centre for Palliative Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Rajen Morer

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Lauren Pretorius

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Campaigning for Cancer, Johannesburg, South Africa

Jayshina Punwasi

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Guy A. Richards

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Paul Ruff

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Dineo Shabalala

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Maureen Sibadela

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Alpha World Ministries Social Care Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

Nita Soma

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

Michelle Wong

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Maureen Joffe

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of the Wits Health Consortium, Non-Communicable Diseases Research (NCDR), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, SAMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways to Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.