Impact of active coping, religion and acceptance on quality of life of patients with breast cancer in the department of radiotherapy, UCH, Ibadan.

Background: A breast cancer diagnosis as well as the treatment that follows has considerable consequences on women's physical functioning, psychological health and overall well-being, resulting in significant interference with patients' quality of life (QoL).

Purpose: The study seeks to assess the impact of active coping, religion and acceptance on the QoL of patients with breast cancer.

Participants: This study, which is descriptive in nature, assessed the QoL and coping mechanism of 110 patients with breast cancer receiving treatment at the radiotherapy clinic in the University College Hospital (UCH).

Cranial computed tomographic findings in Nigerian women with metastatic breast cancer.

Introduction: Brain metastases (BM) occur in up to one-fifth of patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Imaging plays a key role in diagnosis. The pattern and distribution of these changes are also crucial to their management.

Assessing cancer patients' quality of life and coping mechanisms in Radiotherapy Department of the University College Hospital, Ibadan.

Background: Cancer is often associated with a lot of pain and suffering. These suggest that coping with the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of cancer is a major life stressor that is capable of influencing patients' quality of life (QoL).

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to assess the relationship between cancer patients' QoL dimensions and coping strategies in the Radiotherapy Department of the University College Hospital Ibadan, Nigeria.

Oral morphine effectiveness in Nigerian patients with advanced cancer.

Oral morphine elixir in the immediate release form became available in Nigeria in the year 2006 after decades of use in the treatment of cancer pain in many other countries. In order to determine the effectiveness of oral morphine in Nigerian patients, 182 patients presenting with severe cancer pain at the Radiotherapy Clinic, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Nigeria, were recruited in a prospective descriptive observational study. Information on patient's demography, diagnosis, baseline intensity and character of pain, morphine dosages, and effects were collected using a semistructured questionnaire administered at recruitment and biweekly in the follow-up period.

Pattern of morphine prescription by doctors in a Nigeria tertiary hospital.

Background: Morphine was reintroduced into Nigeria after a long period of absence due to technical problems relating to stock accounting. With this reintroduction, prescriber education was commenced in many centers including the University of Ibadan.

Aims And Objective: The aim of this study is to review the morphine prescription habits of the medical doctors practicing at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, and to assess the level of conformity with international guidelines.