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Utilization of Cancer Information System for Breast Cancer Control in Lagos, Nigeria
INTRODUCTION: There is a substantial increase in the incidence of breast cancer in Nigeria usually with the late stage presentations and subsequent poor rates of survival attributed mainly to a low level of cancer awareness and ignorance amongst patients. Cancer information system (CIS) is now assum...
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2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5267908/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28154678 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.24.323.9632 |
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author | Salako, Omolola Robert, Alero Ann Okunade, Kehinde Sharafadeen Olatunji, Adeola Fakolade, Adeola Isibor, Victor Falode, Deborah |
author_facet | Salako, Omolola Robert, Alero Ann Okunade, Kehinde Sharafadeen Olatunji, Adeola Fakolade, Adeola Isibor, Victor Falode, Deborah |
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description | INTRODUCTION: There is a substantial increase in the incidence of breast cancer in Nigeria usually with the late stage presentations and subsequent poor rates of survival attributed mainly to a low level of cancer awareness and ignorance amongst patients. Cancer information system (CIS) is now assuming an emerging role in this respect. METHODS: This was a descriptive study carried out over a one year period using a health communications program comprising of 3 breast help lines. An initial period of public awareness was carried out over a 3 months period after which members of the public were encouraged to call the help lines. Breast cancer information was provided and the socio-demographic characteristics and other relevant data of the callers were recorded by the information specialists. RESULTS: A total of 294 people were reached during the study period. Majority of the callers (82%) sought information for themselves while the remaining 18% called on behalf of a loved one or friend. Majority [248 (84.3%)] of callers had no breast abnormality, 38 (13%) called to report breast abnormalities and required information on what to do and 8 (2.7%) were breast cancer patients who required information on how to live and cope as breast cancer survivors. CONCLUSION: The rapid growth of mobile phone use in the Nigeria has presented a unique opportunity and promise to improve cancer care. There is evidence to suggest that mHealth can be used to deliver increased health care services to the increasing population of cancer patients in Nigeria. |
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spelling | pubmed-52679082017-02-02 Utilization of Cancer Information System for Breast Cancer Control in Lagos, Nigeria Salako, Omolola Robert, Alero Ann Okunade, Kehinde Sharafadeen Olatunji, Adeola Fakolade, Adeola Isibor, Victor Falode, Deborah Pan Afr Med J Research INTRODUCTION: There is a substantial increase in the incidence of breast cancer in Nigeria usually with the late stage presentations and subsequent poor rates of survival attributed mainly to a low level of cancer awareness and ignorance amongst patients. Cancer information system (CIS) is now assuming an emerging role in this respect. METHODS: This was a descriptive study carried out over a one year period using a health communications program comprising of 3 breast help lines. An initial period of public awareness was carried out over a 3 months period after which members of the public were encouraged to call the help lines. Breast cancer information was provided and the socio-demographic characteristics and other relevant data of the callers were recorded by the information specialists. RESULTS: A total of 294 people were reached during the study period. Majority of the callers (82%) sought information for themselves while the remaining 18% called on behalf of a loved one or friend. Majority [248 (84.3%)] of callers had no breast abnormality, 38 (13%) called to report breast abnormalities and required information on what to do and 8 (2.7%) were breast cancer patients who required information on how to live and cope as breast cancer survivors. CONCLUSION: The rapid growth of mobile phone use in the Nigeria has presented a unique opportunity and promise to improve cancer care. There is evidence to suggest that mHealth can be used to deliver increased health care services to the increasing population of cancer patients in Nigeria. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5267908/ /pubmed/28154678 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.24.323.9632 Text en © Omolola Salako et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Salako, Omolola Robert, Alero Ann Okunade, Kehinde Sharafadeen Olatunji, Adeola Fakolade, Adeola Isibor, Victor Falode, Deborah Utilization of Cancer Information System for Breast Cancer Control in Lagos, Nigeria |
title | Utilization of Cancer Information System for Breast Cancer Control in Lagos, Nigeria |
title_full | Utilization of Cancer Information System for Breast Cancer Control in Lagos, Nigeria |
title_fullStr | Utilization of Cancer Information System for Breast Cancer Control in Lagos, Nigeria |
title_full_unstemmed | Utilization of Cancer Information System for Breast Cancer Control in Lagos, Nigeria |
title_short | Utilization of Cancer Information System for Breast Cancer Control in Lagos, Nigeria |
title_sort | utilization of cancer information system for breast cancer control in lagos, nigeria |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5267908/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28154678 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.24.323.9632 |
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