Article Author: We must change the way we diagnose breast cancer
Media Source: Daily Nation (Kenya)
Date: 2 September 2020
Mansoor Saleh, Chairman of the Haematology-Oncology department at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi (AKUH), writes that breast cancer cases are rising in Africa. A multi-disciplinary approach involving all three specialists (a breast surgeon, a medical oncologist and a radiation therapist) seeing the patient and reviewing the case at the same time has been shown to provide optimal management of breast cancer. The AKUH embarked on this best practice by launching the Multi-Disciplinary Breast Cancer Clinic last month. Held once a week, the clinic is for those women diagnosed with breast cancer and awaiting a treatment plan for the optimal management of their condition.
