A5001116169- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Viral-associated cancers and disorders
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Cancer Risks and Factors
- Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Physical Activity and Health
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Polyomavirus and related diseases
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- AI in cancer detection
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
- Medical Coding and Health Information
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
Institute of Human Virology
2012-2025
IQVIA (United Kingdom)
2025
National Hospital Abuja
2016-2019
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
2015-2018
University of Abuja Teaching Hospital
2016
University of Maryland, Baltimore
2016
Cervical cancer is the second most common and leading cause of death in women sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Objectives To explore the barriers to cervical cancer screening, focusing on religious and cultural factors, in order inform group-specific interventions that may improve uptake of screening programmes. Design We conducted four focus group discussions among Muslim Christian women Nigeria. Setting Discussions were two hospitals, one South West other North Central region Participants 27 22 over age 18, with no diagnosis cancer. Results Most participants had heard about except Western who never...
Breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with rapidly increasing incidence rates reported Uganda and Zimbabwe. However, magnitude these rising trends premenopausal postmenopausal women unknown most African countries. We used data from Cancer Registry Network on incident breast cancers 11 population-based registries 10 countries representing each four SSA regions. explored changes among before after age 50 by calendar period and, where possible, generational...
Background Knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) towards COVID-19 can directly impact healthcare workers’ (HCWs) services efforts to contain the spread of disease. This study assessed KAP among HCWs (laboratorians, doctors, nurses pharmacists) in Nigeria from August December 2022. Method A facility-based cross-sectional was conducted on 1341 7 facilities across 3 states Nigeria. were selected using a stratified random sampling technique. structured questionnaire including sociodemographic...
723 Background: In the JAVELIN Bladder 100 phase 3 trial, avelumab 1L maintenance therapy plus best supportive care (BSC) significantly improved overall survival (OS) and progression-free (PFS) vs BSC alone in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (la/mUC) that had not progressed platinum-based chemotherapy (PBC). UK, initial access to was provided via Early Access Medicines Scheme (EAMS) from September 2020. This study reports 24-month real-world outcomes treated...
Whereas systematic screening programs have reduced the incidence of cervical cancer in developed countries, remains high developing countries. Among several barriers to uptake screening, roles religious and cultural factors such as modesty been poorly studied. Knowledge about these is important because potential overcome them using strategies self-collection cervico-vaginal samples. In this study we evaluate influence spirituality on acceptance self-sampling for screening.We enrolled 600...
Survival after diagnosis is a fundamental concern in cancer epidemiology. In resource-rich settings, ambient clinical databases, municipal data and registries make survival estimation real-world populations relatively straightforward. resource-poor given the deficiencies variety of health-related systems, it less clear how well we can determine from data.We addressed this issue sub-Saharan Africa for Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), which incidence has exploded with HIV epidemic but region may be...
Infections by certain viruses, bacteria, and parasites have been identified as risk factors for some cancers. In Nigeria, like many other developing countries, infections remain a leading cause of morbidity mortality. While there are data on the incidence different cancers in has no study attributable to infections. This was carried out determine burden using from two population-based cancer registries (PBCRs) Nigeria.We obtained associated with EBV, human papillomavirus (HPV), hepatitis B...
Abstract Background HIV infection and its management confer a substantial health burden to affected individuals have been associated with increased risk of oral dental diseases. In this study, we sought quantify HIV-associated differences in the prevalence severity caries primary permanent dentition 4–11-year-old Nigerian Children. Methods We used clinical, laboratory, demographic, behavioral data obtained from an ongoing cohort study age-matched HIV-infected (HI, n = 181),...
Throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa (and, indeed, resource-limited areas), lack death registries prohibits linkage cancer diagnoses and precludes the expeditious approach to determining survival. Instead, estimation survival often uses clinical records, which have some mortality data but are replete with patients who lost follow-up (LTFU), may be caused by undocumented death. The end result is that accurate rarely performed. A prominent example a common in for needed frequent LTFU has...
The epidemic of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa varies significantly across countries the region with high prevalence Southern and Nigeria. Cancer is increasingly identified as a complication infection higher incidence mortality this group than general population. Without cancer prevention strategies, improved treatment alone would be an insufficient response to increasing burden among people living (PLHIV). Although previous studies have noted low levels awareness cancers none has examined...
Introduction Alcohol consumption has been identified as a risk factor for many cancers but less attention paid to the fraction of those that are attributable alcohol consumption. In this study, we evaluated incidence and population (PAF) associated with in Nigeria. Methods We obtained data on from two Population Based Cancer Registries (PBCRs) Nigeria cancer sites which there is strong evidence an association based IARC Monograph 100E. computed each site by age sex, using prevalence relative...
Background: Overweight and obesity are known risk factors for chronic diseases including cancers. In this study, we evaluated the age standardized incidence rates (ASR) proportion of cancers attributable to overweight in Nigeria. Methods: We obtained data from databases two population-based cancer registries (PBCRs) Nigeria (Abuja Enugu registries), on site which there is established evidence an association with or based International Agency Research Cancer World Fund classification....
There is limited capacity and infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa to conduct clinical trials for the identification of efficient effective new prevention, diagnostic treatment modalities address disproportionate burden disease. This paper reports on process establish locally driven multicentre research Nigeria known as Implementation Science Alliance Model Innovation Research Centres (NISA-MIRCs). We used a participatory approach network 21 high-volume health facilities selected from all 6...
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e13092 Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the most common among Nigerian women. In this study we investigated delays in BC presentation and their determinants. Methods: This an on-going multi-centre case-control at six hospitals Nigeria (five Abuja, one Enugu). From Jan 2014, enrolled eligible women aged > 18years who presented with breast symptoms for suspected BC. We collected information regarding women’s experiences problem, including dates of initial visits to all providers factors that...