By Matthew Denis In a bid to commemorate this year’s World Cancer Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday has highlighted over what it term as a ‘disheartening’ situation of cancer in the African region, disclosing that approximately 882…
Management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), on Monday, organised free cervical cancer screening for 20 women in Osun to commemorate the 2023 World Cancer Day. The screening, tagged: “World Cancer Day 2023: Let’s Defeat Cervical Cancer, IBEDC Awareness Initiative,”…
The Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN) has screened 613 women for breast and cervical cancers in Cross River between Nov. 2021 till date. Dr Vivien Otu, President of MWAN in Cross River, disclosed this on Wednesday in Calabar during…
A Consultant Pathologist at the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Metta, Lagos, Dr Omobolade Obadofin on Thursday urged Nigerians to embrace healthy lifestyle to mitigate cancer risk factors. Obadofin said that unhealthy lifestyle contributed to the risk factors associated with cancer…
…Calls on government to subsidise treatment By Matthew Denis, Abuja An Oncologist, Dr. Ademola Adeyeye has called on patients not to panic when diagnosed with cancer infection stressing that the disease is treatable. He made the disclosure during a interview…
Dr Abidemi Omonisi, a Consultant Anatomic Pathologist with the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, has urged Nigerians to abstain from unhealthy lifestyles and practices that can make them susceptible to cancer. Reports said that Omonisi made the call in…
Helpline Foundation for the Needy, Abuja, an NGO, has called for the establishment of cancer screening centres in the 774 local government areas in the country, to control and prevent the spread of the disease. Founder and President of the…
A lawmaker in Lagos, Mr Gbolahan Yishawu has advised women and men to imbibe the habit of going for regular checkups to avert the increasing cancer rate in the country. Yishawu, a member representing Eti-Osa Constituency II, at the Lagos…
