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Poster Display session 3

2270 - Impact of 10-day Fulbright Specialist Program (FSP) and Project Pink Blue (PPB) Education Sessions on Medical Oncology knowledge among Doctors that treat cancer in Nigeria

Date

30 Sep 2019

Session

Poster Display session 3

Topics

Bioethical Principles and GCP

Tumour Site

Presenters

Mike Martin

Citation

Annals of Oncology (2019) 30 (suppl_5): v671-v682. 10.1093/annonc/mdz263

Authors

M.G. Martin1, R.C..W. Chidebe2, T. O'Connor3

Author affiliations

  • 1 Medical Oncology, West Cancer Center, 38104 - Memphis/US
  • 2 Director, Project Pink Blue, Abuja/NG
  • 3 Medical Oncology, Roswell Park, Buffalo/US

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Abstract 2270

Background

Despite a population of over 180 million and over 115,950 new cases of cancer diagnosed every year, Nigeria has no dedicated medical oncologists (MO). Most oncology care is delivered through surgical (SO) and radiation oncologists (RO) who number less than 50 in the entire country. With the limited number of oncology professionals, cancer patients experience poor outcomes, with a less than 10% of 5-year cancer survival rate.

Methods

The participants were nominated by their institutions to attend the medical oncology training. Through the support of FSP and U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, MGM and TOC delivered 10-days of lectures based on ASCO, ESMO and NCCN guidelines in Abuja, Nigeria. Participants represented 15 Nigerian states, including 5 of the 6 ethnic and geographic regions. Mean correct scores of participants that completed both the pre- and post-course 25 question tests (composed by 2 of the authors TOC and MGM) were compared using GraphPad Prism 7.0a by Paired t-tests.

Results

Forty-four oncologists were identified of which 11 (25%) were females. Twenty-five (57%) completed both the pre- and post-tests and fully participated in the 10-day lecture series. 12 participates that completed the training were residents and 12 were attending physicians. One doctor did not identify as a resident or attending. Of the 25 that completed both tests, percentage of correct answers increased from 45% to 59% (2-sided p-value <0.0001). Benefits were seen both with attending doctors 45% to 59% (p = 0.0046) and resident doctors 45% to 59% (0.0007).

Conclusions

MO education coordinated by FSP and PPB improved MO knowledge in Nigeria regardless of participant background. Similar models may be employed across Sub-Saharan Africa. Reasons for lost participation need to be defined.

Clinical trial identification

Editorial acknowledgement

Legal entity responsible for the study

Project PinkBlue.

Funding

United States of America Department of State.

Disclosure

All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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