Childhood cancer: Late diagnosis , limited access driving worrying trend in Ghana

Country Director of World Child Cancer, Adwoa Pinamang Desu, also emphasised the importance of strengthening clinical guidance in the management of childhood cancer, particularly in radiology. She explained that the absence of paediatric-specific protocols has long been a gap in clinical practice. “Within the clinical setting, because there was nothing guiding practice with regards to children, whenever there was a child who was supposed to do imaging, they normally use the adult protocol and sort of try to adapt it to suit the children because there was none for children, which was a huge gap,” she said. She noted that the development of a dedicated paediatric radiology guideline is intended to improve accuracy in clinical practice and ultimately strengthen cancer care. “Hence, the need for this paediatric radiology guideline for just children. This document is being validated. As an organisation, this guideline holds significant meaning to us in the paediatric radiology space, but for every child in Ghana who will one day seek radiology attention or imaging care,” she added. The guideline is expected to support healthcare professionals in delivering more accurate and standardised imaging care for children once fully implemented

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