Radiology

 

Aims and Objectives:

Screening

• Develop and improve national screening guidelines for Cancers such as breast, colon, prostate and cervical cancers, as well as advice when necessary, Governments in Africa on appropriate cancer screening programs.
• Promote screening guidelines through advocacy programs that are relevant in Africa.
• Provide and ensure adherence to relevant imaging guidelines for cancer diagnosis and care in Africa.

Treatment

• To promote accurate imaging diagnosis and follow up using established international guidelines.
• To advocate for affordable treatment for cancers that are amenable to radiologic intervention.
• Promote coordinated Multidisciplinary research in Radio-oncology.

Training

• Seek funding for relevant imaging specialists with interest in Oncological imaging.
• Promote the training of Radiologists in low resource settings; thereby enhancing optimal imaging and accurate diagnosis.
• Organize regular training programs and workshops in Oncological imaging.
• Partner with international Radiologists who work in Africa.
• Encourage more Radiologists to become members of AORTIC and also to join the SIG.
• Provide mentorship & support for Radiologist trainees and early career Radiologists.

Research

• Establish a dynamic, professional networking forum for African Radiologists to address challenges & obstacles of the Specialty in the Continent.
• Collaborate with existing Radiological Societies interested in Oncology to facilitate the implementation of appropriate and proper imaging Cancer Research.

For more information, contact info@aortic-africa.org.