Omo! Na big news wey dey drop for our health sector today. Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital for Ile Ife don launch di first ever clinical trial wey go tackle colorectal cancer for Nigeria. E be like say we don finally find beta solution to this ‘kolo’ matter wey don dey worry many people.
Naija, you sabi as dis cancer wahala dey cause gbege for our people. Less than half of di patients fit survive after one year of dia diagnosis. But no wahala, dis new trial go give patients opportunity to receive free treatment wey dem organize with help from Lagos University Teaching Hospital and Medserve’s NSIA-Diagnostic Centre, all di way from Lagos.
Professor Olusegun Alatise, wey be di head of Surgery for di Faculty of Clinical Sciences, dey yan say dis clinical trial go use beta immunotherapy wey get name PD-1 blockade. This na special treatment wey dey help di body fight di cancer by using di person own immune system. E sweet true!
Professor Alatise talk am say na im and im crew plus all di experts from Lagos and even one top cancer center for USA, Memorial Sloan Kettering, wey come together do dis big work. Dem create dis trial to fight colorectal cancer as e dey serious matter for our land.
Dis development na wetin dem dey call ‘first of its kind’ for sub-Saharan Africa. Dem don get di approval from National Health Research Ethics Committee and di National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control. Na beta achievement be dis as e go help guide dem for ethical medical research.
“Dis approval na big milestone,” Alatise talk. “Na we go fit explore new treatment strategies for colorectal cancer patients, especially those wey get special genetic mutations wey don limit dia options.” Dem dey open registration for patients wey wan join di trial, so if you or anybody you sabi dey face dis wahala, make dem rush go OAUTH, LUTH, or Medserve NSIA-Diagnostic Centre for signup.
Dis initiative come drop as World Cancer Day celebration dey happen today, wey dem dey use raise awareness for cancer matter and how we fit prevent am, detect early, and get correct treatment. E still dey heartfully sweet say Nigeria don join dis global step to tackle dis cancer wahala. Na beta news wey go bring hope to many people, as dem dey find cure and solution right from our own backyard.
If you dey interested for more gist on top dis matter and how e go fit affect our health system, make you dey follow up with dem. Di future dey bright as we dey push for beta healthcare for all Naija!
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