Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, President of Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), shared Ukamaka Itanyi’s, Professor, College of Health Sciences at University of Abuja, post on LinkedIn, adding:
“Yesterday, as we recovered from October activities and a successful WalkAway Cancer, as I was walking out of the office, I ran into Dr Pate with a young woman. She had taken advantage of the half-price mammography we offer at Medicaid Radiology. Long story short- she was just given a Breast Cancer diagnosis. She is 35 years old.
The women are presenting younger. This is something Ukamaka Itanyi sees a lot of in her practice. So I joined her to review the clinical, pathological and radiological findings in early-onset breast cancer.
It’s quite frustrating when I hear arguments against screening from 35 years. We need to find out more about early-onset breast cancer, so that we can address it properly.”
Quoting Ukamaka Itanyi’s post:
“Breast Cancer in Young Women Is a Thing!
An a big one at that!
Our study done in University of Abuja Teaching Hospital and presented in The UK Imaging and Oncology Conference (UKIO) reported:
- Early onset breast cancer (BC) accounted for 33% of total patients with BC, much higher than counterparts in higher income countries.
- BC in young Nigerian women were clinical advanced at presentation with more aggressive biological characteristics.
- This suggests a need for re evaluation of screening guidelines for young average risk women, with consideration for racial/ ethnic differences.”
Title: Comparing the clinicopathologic and radiologic features of early and later-onset breast cancer in a resource-limited setting: Is it time to rethink screening guidelines?
Authors: Ukamaka Itanyi, Ayobami Ademola, Jonathan Madukwe, Hembadoon Kpamor, Oluranti Famooto, Ricahrd Samuel, Ivy Okereke, King-David Yawe
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