NTNU developing early detection method for cervical cancer, says V-C

Prof. Huseyin Sert, the Vice-Chancellor of Nigerian Turkish Nile University (NTNU), Abuja, said the institution’s researchers were working toward developing early detection method for cervical cancer.
Sert, who disclosed this at an interaction with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, said efforts were also being made to develop same for breast cancer.
According to him, the research works are being conducted in collaboration with some universities.
He said “we are working to develop a sophisticated method of developing cervical cancer.
“We are looking at coming out with cheap methods such that our doctors at the rural areas can actually diagnose cervical cancer at the early stage; we are also doing same for breast cancer.’’
The vice chancellor said that the university had four faculties and 13 functional departments and had obtained