Nigeria: Oncologist Seeks Better Fortunes for Cancer Management in the Country

6 March 2012

IN accordance with the promotion of adequate cancer diagnosis and treatment, the former Head of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Trauma at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, Dr Samuel Eyesan, has called for the establishment of a reliable National cancer registry and at least two designated cancer centres in the country.

Eyesan, an Associate professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Bowen University, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, and pioneer of orthopaedic oncology as a sub-specialty of surgery in Nigeria, also asserted that the nation requires no less than 10 orthopaedic oncologists and 16 designated cancer centres.

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