Meet LADEJI ADEOLA MOFOLUWAKE, an Academic Staff of Lagos State University.
Oral Maxillofacial Pathology
Senior Lecturer
Oral Pathology / Oral Medicine
At the Oral Pathology / Oral Medicine department office
Appointment on Visitation important
Topic: Trend Of Paediatric Orofacial Malignancies In An African Population: A Multicenter Sudy.
Description:
ABSTRACT
The Nigerian population has not been spared of the cancer burden which has been reported to be on the increase globally. In addition to problems which interplay with presentation at the healthcare facility, diagnosis, prompt and adequate treatment, there is an obvious lack of infrastructure which facilitates effective reporting and analysis of cancer cases in Nigeria. Few reports on pediatric orofacial malignancies are single institution based and these are fraught with discrepancies therefore will not be able to represent the regional picture. This multicenter retrospective study of pediatric orofacial malignancy has been able to collect data from 4 tertiary centers in the Southwestern region of Nigeria, which is the most populous nation in Africa. These tertiary centers are the main referral centers in Southwestern Nigeria; they cater to an estimated population of 35.6 million people. The study aims to determine the socio-demographics of pediatric orofacial malignancies and assess the prevailing trend and patterns.
| # | Certificate | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Part 2, Fellowship, National Post Graduate Medical College Nigeria. (Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology) | National Postgraduate Medical College, Nigeria. | 2016 |
TREND OF PEDIATRIC OROFACIAL MALIGNANCIES SEEN IN AN AFRICAN POPULATION-A MULTICENTER STUDY
INTRODUCTION
The Nigerian population has not been spared of the cancer burden which has been reported to be on the increase globally. In addition to problems which interplay with presentation at the healthcare facility, diagnosis, prompt and adequate treatment, there is an obvious lack of infrastructure which facilitates effective reporting and analysis of cancer cases in Nigeria. Few reports on pediatric orofacial malignancies are single institution based and these are fraught with discrepancies therefore will not be able to represent the regional picture. This multicenter retrospective study of pediatric orofacial malignancy has been able to collect data from 4 tertiary centers in the Southwestern region of Nigeria, which is the most populous nation in Africa. These tertiary centers are the main referral centers in Southwestern Nigeria; they cater to an estimated population of 35.6 million people. The study aims to determine the socio-demographics of pediatric orofacial malignancies and assess the prevailing trend and patterns.
METHODOLOGY
Biopsy records, surgical day books and patient
registers of all histopathologically diagnosed head and neck lesions amongst
pediatric patients seen at the Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM),
Ikeja, Lagos, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complexes (OAUTHC),
Ile-Ife, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan and Lagos University
Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba Lagos, between January 2008 and December
2018 were retrieved and analyzed. All clinical diagnoses were corroborated with
their histopathological diagnosis (gold standard of diagnosis) and in cases
some were re-confirmed with adjunctive pathological techniques
LADEJI ADEOLA is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Oral Pathology / Oral Medicine
LADEJI has a Part 2, Fellowship, National Post Graduate Medical College Nigeria. in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology from National Postgraduate Medical College, Nigeria.
