Questionnaire survey of exposure to lead in the domestic environment in NigeriaEugenious O Adebamowo
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Sci Total Environ 372:94-9. 2006
..We recommend that efforts should be made to increase awareness of this condition and that in Nigeria as in most development countries; this should be done through the maternal and child health care programs...
Primary osteogenic sarcoma of the breastTemidayo O Ogundiran
Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
World J Surg Oncol 4:90. 2006
..It can arise as a result of osseous metaplasia in a pre-existing benign or malignant neoplasm of the breast or as non-phylloides sarcoma from the soft tissue of a previously normal breast...
- HIV and cancer in Africa: mutual collaboration between HIV and cancer programs may provide timely research and public health data
Sam M Mbulaiteye
Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Infect Agent Cancer 6:16. 2011
..In this paper, we review current literature and explore merits for integrating cancer research in established HIV programs to obtain timely data about the incidence and burden of cancer in HIV-infected persons in Africa...
- An examination of knowledge, attitudes and practices related to lead exposure in South Western Nigeria
Eugenious O Adebamowo
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
BMC Public Health 6:82. 2006
..An FGD guide was developed from the literature and preliminary discussion with members of the public. Participants in the FGD were randomly selected from adults living in Ibadan, South Western Nigeria in 2004...
- Cancer in Africa: opportunities for collaborative research and training
C A Adebamowo
West African Framework Program for Global Health, Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Afr J Med Med Sci 38:5-13. 2009
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- West African Bioethics Training Program: Raison D'être
C A Adebamowo
Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Afr J Med Med Sci 36:35-8. 2007
..In this essay, I discuss the West African Bioethics Training, a United States National Institutes of Health supported training program for biomedical researchers and bioethicists in West Africa...
- Immunohistochemical and molecular subtypes of breast cancer in Nigeria
Clement A Adebamowo
Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Breast Cancer Res Treat 110:183-8. 2008
..We decided to evaluate the hormone receptor status of patients seen in our practice to see if they indeed differ from that of other populations...
- Spontaneous epigastric hernia causing gastric outlet obstruction: a case report
O A Arowolo
Department of Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
Afr J Med Med Sci 35:385-6. 2006
..We did not find a previous report of a similar case in the medical literature...
- Total ovulating period: any contribution to ovarian carcinogenesis?
A A Odukogbe
Ovarian Cancer Service, Gynecological Oncology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine University College Hospital, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Afr J Med Med Sci 34:307-9. 2005
..Our study revealed no statistically significant differences in the total ovulating periods between ovarian cancer patients and age-matched controls. Further studies will be necessary...
- Ovarian cancer in Ibadan: characteristics and management
A A Odukogbe
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
J Obstet Gynaecol 24:294-7. 2004
..The case fatality rate 6 months after surgery was 76%. The ovarian cancer patients in this environment are younger and of higher parity than expected. The risk factors for this disease require further study...
The autopsy: knowledge, attitude, and perceptions of doctors and relatives of the deceasedOlayiwola Abideen Oluwasola
Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Arch Pathol Lab Med 133:78-82. 2009
..Despite the crucial role that autopsy plays in the development of the science and practice of medicine, autopsy rates have been declining throughout the world in recent decades...
- Lead content of dried films of domestic paints currently sold in Nigeria
Eugenious O Adebamowo
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Sci Total Environ 388:116-20. 2007
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- Case report on hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) in Nigeria
C A Adebamowo
Department of Surgery and Pathology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
Afr J Med Med Sci 29:71-3. 2000
..Both of these two patients had germline mutations in MSH2. If this finding can be confirmed in a larger series of patients, it suggests that MMR genes play an important role in the etiology of CRCs in Africa...
- Waist-hip ratio and breast cancer risk in urbanized Nigerian women
Clement A Adebamowo
Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
Breast Cancer Res 5:R18-24. 2003
..CONCLUSION: The present study, the first in an indigenous African population, supports other studies that have shown a positive association between obesity and breast cancer risk among postmenopausal women...
- Surgery in Nigeria
O O Ajayi
Department of Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
Arch Surg 134:206-11. 1999
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- Topical formalin for management of bleeding malignant ulcers
C A Adebamowo
Department of Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
World J Surg 24:518-20. 2000
..There were no significant complications arising from the treatment. Topical formalin is a safe, inexpensive, effective agent for control of bleeding from malignant ulcers...
- Closed suction drainage versus closed simple drainage in the management of modified radical mastectomy wounds
E R Ezeome
Department of Surgery, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria
S Afr Med J 98:712-5. 2008
..To compare the outcomes of modified radical mastectomy wounds managed by closed wound drainage with suction and without suction...
- Survey of the knowledge, attitude and practice of Nigerian surgery trainees to HIV-infected persons and AIDS patients
Clement A Adebamowo
Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
BMC Surg 2:7. 2002
..This study set out to determine the knowledge, attitude and risk perception of Nigerian surgery residents to HIV infection and AIDS...
- CYP3A4-V and prostate cancer in African Americans: causal or confounding association because of population stratification?
Rick A Kittles
National Human Genome Center, Howard University, Washington, DC 20060, USA
Hum Genet 110:553-60. 2002
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- Voluntary participation and informed consent to international genetic research
Patricia A Marshall
Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 4976, USA
Am J Public Health 96:1989-95. 2006
..We compared voluntary participation and comprehension of informed consent among individuals of African ancestry enrolled in similarly designed genetic studies of hypertension in the United States and Nigeria...
- Obesity and height in urban Nigerian women with breast cancer
Clement A Adebamowo
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Ann Epidemiol 13:455-61. 2003
..To examine the relationship between obesity, height, and breast cancer in an urban Nigerian population...
- Dietary patterns and the risk of breast cancer
Clement A Adebamowo
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Ann Epidemiol 15:789-95. 2005
..We examined data from the Nurses Health Study II to evaluate the association between major dietary patterns and the risk of breast cancer among pre-menopausal women...
- Dietary flavonols and flavonol-rich foods intake and the risk of breast cancer
Clement A Adebamowo
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Cancer 114:628-33. 2005
..76 (0.57, 1.00; p-value for test of trend=0.03). While we found no overall association between intake of flavonols and risk of breast cancer, there was an inverse association with intake of beans or lentils that merits further evaluation...
