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Tablet-based Mobile Health Ultrasound for Point-of-care Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Nigeria (Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in Low and Middle-Income Countries)
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Summary
The purpose of this study is to train Nigerian radiologists to perform ultrasound-guided breast biopsies. Researchers will use mHealth devices to create a sustainable and practical way of training radiologists in Nigeria to perform and clinically implement US-guided breast biopsies into their practice.
Official title: Tablet-based Mobile Health Ultrasound for Point-of-care Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Nigeria
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
900
Start Date
2022-09-21
Completion Date
2027-09-21
Last Updated
2025-10-14
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
mHealth US-breast biopsy
During this study, women will undergo an US-guided breast biopsy by a radiologist instead of what is typically performed in Nigerian hospitals, which is either a blind biopsy or surgical excision. US-guided breast biopsy is the standard of care in the United States of America because the accuracy is better than blind biopsy and equal to surgical excision.
Locations (8)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)
New York, New York, United States
Lagos University Teaching Hospital
Idi Araba, Lagos, Nigeria
Olabisis Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (Data Collection Only)
Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria
Federal Medical Centre Owo (Data Collection Only)
Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria
University College Hospital (Data Collection Only)
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
University Of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Ituku-Ozalla Enugu
Enugu, Nigeria
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (Data Collection Only)
Ile-Ife, Nigeria
University of Ilorin Teaching Hospitals
Ilorin, Nigeria