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Again, Ambode dedicates birthday to fight against cancer
According to reports, 30 Nigerian women die every day of breast cancer, while one Nigerian woman dies every hour of cervical cancer. 14 Nigerian men die daily of prostrate cancer ...
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Eight things you should know about cervical cancer
Cervical cancer is the second most widespread cancer in females in Nigeria with a mortality rate of 22.9 deaths per 100,000 women totalling about 10,000 deaths from cervical cancer in a year.
Kidney cancer: Improving survival in Nigeria
March is the awareness month for Kidney Cancer, Colorectal Cancer and Multiple Myeloma. Last year, this writer focused on colorectal cancer (article available at www.cecpng.org blog page).
‘Why cancer rates rise in Nigeria, low-income countries’
More explanations have emerged on why cancer cases have risen in countries with low and middle incomes but have fallen in many high-income countries even as lung cancer was the most common cancer worldwide, accounting for 13 per cent of new diagnoses.
Olaleye: Early Detection, Prompt Treatment To Tackle Prostate Cancer
Dr. Femi Olaleye is an oncologist, who handles cancer treatment with passion. He is the Medical Director, Optimal Cancer Care Foundation. In this interview with GERALDINE AKUTU, he spoke on Prostate Cancer, its causes and how it can be managed.
Only two of Nigeria’s 10 cancer centres are functional, says CEAFON
IN the attempt to address, the major challenges of diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer in the country, the Cancer Education and Advocacy Foundation of Nigeria (CEAFON) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), is set to hold a cancer summit between October 28 and 29, at Transcorp Hilton Hotels, Abuja.
Campaigning For The Early Detection Of Cancer
THIS year is the seventh International Cancer Week in Nigeria. It is a platform for people who are in the area of cancer control to further spread the message on how to detect cancer early.
New anti-cancer drug looks promising in lab, study finds
MUCH of research to beat cancer tends to concentrate on the various genetic mutations behind different cancers. Now, a new study in the journal Cancer Cell takes a different approach - it targets the pathways that hungry cancer cells use to satisfy their voracious appetite for energy.
WHO’s agency confirms insecticide causes cancer
THE International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialised cancer agency of the World Health Organisation (WHO), has confirmed that a common insecticide causes cancer.
Cancer Survivorship Is Not Beyond Us!
THE National Cancer Week (NCW) 2015 commenced on Sunday June 7, 2015 and ends on Sunday, June 14, 2015. The NCW is an advocacy week on the BIG WAR Against Cancer. The first Sunday in June is International Cancer Survivors’ Day.
