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Edo civil servant seeks N11 million to save daughter battling cancer
A family in Edo State is appealing for financial assistance to raise N11 million for the continued treatment of its daughter, Favour
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Researchers explore new tests for early cancer signs ahead of symptoms
Scientists at a recently opened cancer institute at Cambridge University have begun work that is pinpointing changes in cells many years before they develop into tumours. The research should help design radically new ways to treat cancer, they say.
Tinubu approves procurement of 35 linear accelerators for cancer treatment
President Bola Tinubu has approved the procurement of 35 additional linear accelerators between 2027 and 2029 to expand access
Utilise our cancer health fund, UBTH urges indigent patients
The University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) has urged cancer patients to apply for the hospital's cancer health fund provided by the Federal Government to reduce the financial burden on…
When Foundation, partners engage arts in fight against cancer
The power of arts in communicating health issues was last week tested in Abuja when Medicaid Cancer Foundation, in partnership with Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine and Maigaskiya Visuals, used the arts to create awareness on prostate cancer.
World Cancer Day: Closing the care gap in Nigeria
Year 2024 marks the final year of the World Cancer Day campaign ‘Close the Care Gap’. This annual global call to action unites humanity to prioritise life-saving cancer care and to eliminate health inequities.
Personalised cancer vaccine with minimal side effects nearing Phase 3 clinical trials
Orbis Health Solutions is working on a cancer vaccine. Dr. Thomas Wagner, founder of the biotech company Orbis Health Solutions and cancer researcher,
FG introduces childhood cancer counterpart fund, retools six teaching hospitals
Disturbed by prevalence of cancer, which claimed 78,899 lives in 124,000 cases in 2020 nationwide, the Federal Government has introduced Childhood Cancer Counterpart Fund to ensure that children battling with the ailment get specialised care.
EMAC foundation to screen 1,000 women for cervical cancer
As the world marks the cervical cancer awareness month this January, the Exquisite Magazine Annual Cervical Cancer (EMAC) has rolled out its events to scale up awareness for the prevention of the disease, which has killed many Nigerian women; and also offer free screening and vaccination.
Experts task men on routine prostate cancer tests
Health experts have stressed the importance of routine prostate cancer screening among men, particularly those aged 40 years and above, to reduce rising deaths from the disease.
