Background: Bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsy are essential procedures in haematology for the diagnosis, prognostication, and monitoring of a wide range of haematological disorders. Although generally safe, rare procedural complications may occur, including breakage of...
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Research Article10.9734/ijr2h/2026/v9i2223
Introduction: In developing countries, patients tend to present late to healthcare facilities and this makes early diagnosis impossible. The experience among patients with haematologic malignancies in our part of the world is not different. The objective of this survey was to ide...
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Research Article10.9734/ibrr/2025/v16i4373
Introduction: Chemotherapy regimens used in treating haematologic malignancies could be targeted or non-specific. Targeted-therapy requires further confirmatory testing to be done and these could occasion delays in initiation. Cost of regimens and availability of these regimens a...
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Research Article10.9734/ijr2h/2025/v8i2186
Paxman Dandyson Uku, Emmanuel Wobo, Christine Abaiayam Dangana, Amarachi Faith Mbonu, Blessing Edna Amuah, Ayomide Wachuku, Doreen Obugheni Arugu & Chimankpam Edison Okechukwu Omeodu·Journal of Cancer and Tumor International·2025
Background: Treatment of haematologic malignancies with chemotherapy is associated with side effects. Chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopaenia, a recognized side effect, have been defined by nadir platelet counts, at different cycles of chemotherapy. A lot more studies describe thi...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2025/v15i4319
Background: The Niger Delta region of Nigeria has been plagued by decades of environmental pollution due to oil exploration and exploitation activities, as well as illegal artisanal oil refining. This has led to increased levels of heavy metals, including lead, in the soil, water...
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Research Article10.9734/ijr2h/2025/v8i2182
Paxman Dandyson Uku, Christine Abaiayam Dangana, Chinyere Eunice Eze & Linda Anucha Dublin-Greene·Asian Hematology Research Journal·2025
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and extramedullary plasmacytoma are some diseases which are known to cause swellings in the head and neck region of the body. Making diagnosis and distinguishing both conditions require biopsy of the tissue for immunohistochemistry, and where immunohistochemi...
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Research Article10.9734/ahrj/2025/v8i3209
Background: Packed cell volume and blood group are two parameters which are key in blood transfusion services, and as such, reduced packed cell volume or incompatible blood group will affect the outcome of transfusion. Blood lead may or may not affect the concentration of blood,...
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Research Article10.9734/ibrr/2025/v16i2356
Chronic myeloid leukaemia is a haematologic malignancy characterized by increased white cell count triggered by the constitutively expressed tyrosine kinase which is the product of an abnormal oncogene, BCR-ABL1. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is the commonest of the lymphomas. It is a lym...
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Research Article10.9734/ahrj/2025/v8i3205
Background: In resource-limited settings, the diagnosis of multiple myeloma (MM) often relies on serum protein electrophoresis (SPE), which lacks sensitivity for light chain-only and oligo-secretory disease. This study evaluates the diagnostic utility of serum free light chain (s...
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Research Article10.9734/irjo/2026/v9i1200
Introduction: Bone marrow aspiration is an established procedure for the diagnosis and management of a wide range of haematological and non-haematological conditions worldwide. The main aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic outcome of bone marrow aspiration at the Univer...
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Research Article10.9734/ijr2h/2026/v9i1219
Background: Lymphadenopathy is a common clinical finding requiring detailed investigations to ascertain the underlying cause. This could range from stereotypical patterns of treatable infectious etiology to deadly malignant neoplasms. Excision biopsy for histological assessment i...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2026/v16i1341
Kaladada Ibitrokoemi Korubo, Akpevwe Deborah Maduka, Emmanuel Wobo, Paxman Dandyson Uku, Uchechukwu Prince Okite & Chijioke Adonye Nwauche·International Research Journal of Oncology·2026
Background: Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) outcomes in low-resource settings are shaped not only by disease biology, but also by delayed diagnosis, limited access to therapeutic options, and treatment interruptions due to social and financial reasons. However, data describin...
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Research Article10.9734/irjo/2026/v9i1202