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TDCF, Visionscape advocate increased funding, research on childhood cancer
The Dorcas Cancer Foundation (TDCF) has partnered Visionscape Sanitation Solution to raise funds for the treatment of children living with cancer and to reduce deaths.
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Lagos, Foundation partner on childhood cancer
The Lagos State Ministry of Health (LSMH) is set to partner with The Dorcas Cancer Foundation (TDCF) in its fight against childhood cancer.
LAPO screens 298,663 persons for cancer ailments nationwide
A non-governmental organisation, Lift Above Poverty Organizations (LAPO) has screened 298,663 people for cancer ailments under its LAPO Community Campaign for Cancer Control (LAPO-C4) in Nigeria.
‘We need accurate data to tackle challenges posed by cancer’
The Wife of Kebbi State Governor, Dr. Zainab Bagudu, is the founder of Medicaid Cancer Awareness Foundation, a platform dedicated to the eradication of cancer in Nigeria.
Obesity could become chief avoidable cancer cause: UK charity
Obesity could overtake smoking as the chief avoidable cause of cancer-related deaths, the world's largest independent funder of cancer research said Friday.
Group partners LUTH, TDCF to improve paediatric cancer survival rate
A Non-Governmental Organisation- St. Jude Global Alliance has strengthened its commitment to Nigeria through expanded partnerships and capacity-building initiatives with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and The Dorcas Cancer Foundation (TDCF).
Vaccine for prostate cancer designed
A vaccine could one day protect men from developing prostate cancer, thanks to a breakthrough by British scientists.Experts have designed a vaccine that boosts the immune system’s ability to track down and kill the cancer cells as soon as they start to appear.
Misdiagnosis major cause of rise in childhood cancer deaths
Experts have attributed the rise in childhood cancer death to misdiagnosis and wrong treatment by medical professionals.They opined that most medical professionals lack the ability to detect cancer early in children; hence they treat them for the common illnesses.....
CCII seeks quality cancer registries
A non-governmental organisation, Children with Cancer Intervention Initiative (CCII) has called for the establishment of high quality regional cancer registries in the six-geopolitical zones of Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan Africa to serve as effective public health instrument....
‘Cancer crippling global economy with N417.6 trillion lost yearly’
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have alerted that the economic impact of cancer is significant and is increasing as the total yearly economic cost of disease was estimated at approximately $1.16 trillion (N417.6 trillion).
