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Dr Khalid Makhdomi (left), Consultant Nuclear Medicine Physician and Section Head, Nuclear Medicine, Dr Samuel Nguku (centre), Consultant Radiologist and Nuclear Medicine Specialist, and Daniel Oguna (left), a PET CT Technologist examine a PET CT scan image at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi

Aga Khan hospital leads battle against Prostate Cancer in East and Central Africa

East Africa

Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi (AKUH, N) has begun conducting the Prostate Cancer PET-CT scan in Kenya.

This is the latest and most advanced scan for evaluation of patients with prostate cancer.  According to a statement from the hospital, this is a significant development in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer in the region.

AKUH,N has become the first hospital in sub-Saharan Africa to conduct the Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) PET CT scan which has been available for only a few years and in the most advanced centres in the world. This underscores the Hospital’s reputation as a leading medical institution and teaching hospital in the region, and beyond.

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