Publications by authors named "Kehinde O Ololade"

Purpose: The aim of this study was to review the management of orbito-ocular malignancies in the Departments of Radiotherapy and Ophthalmology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, between January 1997 and December 2011 in comparison to previous and recent studies globally.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective study of orbito-ocular malignancies seen at the Departments of Radiotherapy and Ophthalmology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital from 1997 to 2011. Case files and treatment cards were retrieved through the Medical Records department and the information required was extracted with the aid of a data extraction form.

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Background: Breast cancer management is evolving by the day and new discoveries is shifting the scale to more positive result mostly in developed countries and this is being reported and updated in the treatment guidelines to bridge the knowledge gaps and allow for global standardised management protocol. This study assessed the adherence to the breast cancer guideline use among oncologists in Nigeria, reviewing the commonly used guidelines, factors for the choice, effects on treatment and barriers to usage.

Methodology: A proforma was sent by mail to the oncologist in Nigeria assessing their socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge of guidelines, use of guidelines, barriers to use of guidelines and benefits of guideline use and all the those that completed the survey within 1-month period were included in the study.

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Background: To compare the rate, time and, pattern of recurrence of cervical cancer between patients with and without HIV infection and to determine factors predicting cervical cancer recurrence in patients evaluated by F-FDG-PET/CT.

Methods: We reviewed the F-FDG-PET/CT images of patients with histologically proven cervical carcinoma who were presenting with suspected recurrence. We extracted epidemiologic data, previous treatment, histologic subtype, HIV status, viral load and CD4 counts from the electronic laboratory database and the referral form for the F-FDG-PET/CT study.

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Objective: In this study we aimed to present our experience on the use of Gallium-68-dotatate with positron emission tomography, computed tomography ( Ga-dotatate PET/CT) in the management of neuroendocrine tumors (NET) and other somatostatin expressing tumors.

Subjects And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed patients with histologically confirmed or biochemically suspected NET and other somatostatin expressing (SSTR) tumors imaged at our department with Ga-dotatate PET/CT. We determined the performance of this imaging technique as well as its impact on patients management.

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