Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

People

Pink October

October every year is commemorated in Countries across the world as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and all efforts are devoted to increasing attention and support for the awareness, early detection and treatment as well as palliative care of this disease.
By 2018 there was a projected estimate of 2.1 million newly diagnosed female breast cancer cases, accounting for almost 1 in 4 cancer cases among women, which lead to about 627 000 deaths. The disease is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in the vast majority of the countries and is also the leading cause of cancer death in over 100 countries including Nigeria. In Nigeria, there were 26 310 new cases of breast cancer, with 11 564 deaths recorded. (IARC Globocan, 2018). These statistics make breast cancer by far the most common cancer in women worldwide, both in the developed and developing countries. In low- and middle-income countries the incidence has been rising up steadily in the last couple of years due to increasing urbanization and adoption of western lifestyles.
Currently, there is not sufficient knowledge about exact causes of breast cancer; therefore, early detection of the disease and commencement of treatment remain cornerstones of breast cancer control. If breast cancer is detected early, and adequate treatments are available, there is a good chance that breast cancer can be cured. The majority of deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, where most women with breast cancer are diagnosed in late stages due mainly to lack of awareness about early detection, and barriers to health services.
.

Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

National

  Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has said that he may not take part in the presidential election slated for August 23 “without legal...

Politics

Ticha Makuvadze A section of youths from the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance are up in arms with the party leadership over sponsorship extended by...

National

In a latest shocking incident, CCC Harare West candidates for the Council elections, Denford Ngadziore and Kudzai Kadzombe, have been caught in a massive...

People

  Interim Citizens Coalition for Change Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube and other CCC senior members have expressed their discontent with the way CCC...