ARGO training to improve cancer care in Nigeria - Kingham
The African Research Group for Oncology (ARGO) is collaborating with Nigerian specialists to improve cancer care through multidisciplinary training and the integration of AI in research. The initiative focuses on enhancing treatment outcomes for breast and cervical cancers.
Why it matters
This partnership addresses critical healthcare disparities in Africa by leveraging international expertise and modern technology to improve patient survival rates.
… surgeons learn new techniques for breast, cervical cancers; researchers trained on AI
PETER Kingham, co-founder of the African Research Group for Oncology, ARGO, Hepatopancreatobiliary surgeon and Director of Global Cancer Disparities Initiatives at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, MSK says the group’s collaboration with Nigerian cancer specialists is focused on translating research, training and new techniques into better outcomes for patients.
Kingham, a doctor from New York who co-founded ARGO with Prof. Isaac Alatise of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), said the organisation had brought together professionals across different areas of cancer care to address the challenges facing patients in Nigeria.
Speaking during a media chat at the symposium on new frontiers in cancer care at OAU, Ile-Ife, Kingham said cancer care was inherently multidisciplinary, requiring surgeons, oncologists, nurses, pharmacists and other specialists to work together.
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