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Health 7 years ago

COPE advocates for comprehensive cancer centre in Nigeria

A comprehensive cancer care centre is where experts carry out research, clinical trials, study the patterns, causes, and control of cancer in groups of people and provide services directly to cancer patients and also give cancer information to health care professionals and the public.

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Columnists 12 years ago

Douglas: A reflection on stomach cancer

THE recent premature demise of Nigeria’s highly cerebral and accomplished Barrister, Oronto Douglas, to stomach cancer at the age of 48 calls for a reflection on the cancer scourge in Nigeria. Over 100,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed every year in Nigeria and about 240 Nigerians die of cancer every day.

National 12 years ago

NSE, CECP move to check rising cancer deaths in Nigeria

TO check the rising cancer deaths in the country, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), in collaboration with the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP), has launched a scheme, ‘Race Against Cancer’ as part of the ‘Big War Against Cancer’ initiated by CECP towards raising funds to acquire Mobile Cancer Centres (MCC) for the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).