Tablet tech could transform breast cancer diagnosis in nigeria

NCT ID NCT05561842

Recruiting now Diagnosis Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study trains Nigerian radiologists to use tablet-based ultrasound to guide breast biopsies, a method that is more accurate than the blind biopsies or surgical excisions currently used. Nine hundred women with suspicious breast lumps will participate. The goal is to make this advanced diagnostic technique sustainable and widely available in Nigeria.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

What this could lead to: If successful, this could make breast cancer diagnosis more accurate and accessible in Nigeria, reducing the need for blind biopsies or surgery.
What could go wrong: This is a training study, not a treatment trial. Success depends on radiologists learning the technique and it being adopted in practice. Results may not apply to other settings.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

breast cancer breast neoplasm female breast carcinoma

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

BREAST CANCER BREAST CANCER FEMALE

Contacts and locations

Locations

Federal Medical Centre Owo (Data Collection Only)
RECRUITING

Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria
Lagos University Teaching Hospital
RECRUITING

Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)
RECRUITING

New York, New York, 10065, United States
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (Data Collection Only)
RECRUITING

Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Olabisis Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (Data Collection Only)
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria
University College Hospital (Data Collection Only)
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
University Of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Ituku-Ozalla Enugu
RECRUITING

Enugu, Nigeria
University of Ilorin Teaching Hospitals
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Ilorin, Nigeria

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