A multi-centre evaluation of oral cancer in Southern and Western Nigeria: an African oral pathology research consortium initiative

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dc.contributor.authorOmitola, Olufemi Gbenga
dc.contributor.authorSoyele, Olujide Oladele
dc.contributor.authorSigbeku, Opeyemi
dc.contributor.authorOkoh, Dickson
dc.contributor.authorAkinshipo, Abdulwarith Olaitan
dc.contributor.authorButali, Azeez
dc.contributor.authorAdeola, Henry Ademola
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-13T07:05:35Z
dc.date.available2017-11-13T07:05:35Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractINTRODUCTION: Oral cancer is a leading cause of cancer deaths among African populations. Lack of standard cancer registries and under-reporting has inaccurately depicted its magnitude in Nigeria. Development of multi-centre collaborative oral pathology networks such as the African Oral Pathology Research Consortium (AOPRC) facilitates skill and expertise exchange and fosters a robust and systematic investigation of oral diseases across Africa. METHODS: in this descriptive cross-sectional study, we have leveraged the auspices of the AOPRC to examine the burden of oral cancer in Nigeria, using a multi-centre approach. Data from 4 major tertiary health institutions in Western and Southern Nigeria was generated using a standardized data extraction format and analysed using the SPSS data analysis software (version 20.0; SPSS Inc. Chicago, IL). RESULTS: Of the 162 cases examined across the 4 centres, we observed that oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) occurred mostly in the 6th and 7th decades of life and maxillary were more frequent than mandibular OSCC lesions. Regional variations were observed both for location, age group and gender distribution. Significant regional differences was found between poorly, moderately and well differentiated OSCC (p value = 0.0071). CONCLUSION: A multi-centre collaborative oral pathology research approach is an effective way to achieve better insight into the patterns and distribution of various oral diseases in men of African descent. The wider outlook for AOPRC is to employ similar approaches to drive intensive oral pathology research targeted at addressing the current morbidity and mortality of various oral diseases across Africa.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationOmitola, O.G. et al. (2017). A multi-centre evaluation of oral cancer in Southern and Western Nigeria: an African oral pathology research consortium initiative. PanAfrican Medical Journal, 28: 64en_US
dc.identifier.issn1937-8688
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.28.64.13089
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/3263
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherAfrican Field Epidemiology Networken_US
dc.rights© Olufemi Gbenga Omitola et al. The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectOral canceren_US
dc.subjectMulti-centreen_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.subjectAOPRCen_US
dc.subjectOral pathologyen_US
dc.titleA multi-centre evaluation of oral cancer in Southern and Western Nigeria: an African oral pathology research consortium initiativeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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