Hope rises for patients as oncologists collaborate to tackle breast cancer scourge

January 25, 2023

L-R: Adedayo Joseph; Research Program Director, NSIA-LUTH Cancer Centre; Clare Omatseye, Founder/MD, JNC International; Omolola Salako, Clinical Oncologist, Founder, Pearl Oncology Clinics; Anthonia Sowunmi, Clinical Oncologist, College of Medicine, University of Lagos; Lillian Ekpo, Centre Director, NSIA-LUTH Cancer Centre; and Oluwatomiwa Obielodan, Program Coordinator, Sebeccly Cancer Care, at the cancer symposium in Lagos.

Though the rate of breast cancers cases is increasing rapidly in Nigeria at the moment, oncologists say their decision to collaborate to tackle the scourge will help to improve patients current survival rate which a study estimates at 25.6 percent. This raises hope for patients. The s

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