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As the World No Tobacco Day is marked globally today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has again highlighted the damage tobacco causes to lung health saying over 40% of all tobacco-related deaths are from lung diseases like cancer,…

The Nigerian Medical Association has raised the alarm over the high rate of mortality from cancer in Nigeria, saying that 70,327 died of the disease in 2018 alone. This is even as the association  called on the Federal Government to…

Kenya negotiates with drug manufacturers to slash treatment cost Ghana launches National Guideline for management Nigeria to establish more treatment centres Amid report by the World Health…

The Executive Director, Project Pink Blue, an NGO, Mr Runcie Chidebe, says Nigeria records about 102,000 new cases of cancer every year and a significant low surviving rate. Chidebe made this known in an interview with the News Agency of…

A renowned Indian radiation oncologist (specialist in cancer treatment) Dr. Madhusudhan, currently on a visit to the country, says Nigeria is still lagging behind in the use of  modern technologies needed to achieve good result in cancer…

Sam Eferaro This Week No matter what doctors or other experts will say, the diagnosis of cancer, to me, is like a death sentence, especially in Nigeria - and I don’t mean to scare anyone or sound alarmist. They may not say it but even…

- IARC Report reveals The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization, has evaluated the carcinogenicity of the consumption of red meat and processed meat and concluded that red…

With the goal of reducing death from breast cancer, The Cancer Education and Advocacy Foundation of Nigeria (CEAFON), in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Health, will host about 500 stakeholders to a 2-day cancer summit from…

A team of scientists at the Children's Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) has made a discovery that suggests cancer cells benefit more from antioxidants than normal cells, raising concerns about the use of dietary antioxidants by…

Professor of Radiology, College of Med, UNN/UNTH, Coordinator, 'Breast Without Spot and Nigeria’s most prominent cancer awareness campaigner says Nigerians must be united in pink throughout the month of October and join the global campaign…