Increase in cancer cases being seen at the Mount St John’s Medical Centre
By Orville Williams
While the country continues to battle the Covid-19 pandemic, the oncology department at the Mount St John’s Medical Centre (MSJMC) has had its hands full, dealing with an increase in patients seeking help for various cancers.
Following the observation of World Cancer Day on February 4, head of the hospital’s oncology department, Dr Nandan Shanbhag, told Observer that – considering statistics from 2013 up to 2020 – there has been an increase in cancer patients seeking treatment at the facility.
“Definitely, there is a rise in the number of [cancer] cases that we are seeing. [However] I wouldn’t say rise in the objective way; what I would probably say is there must be a bit of awareness that has happened in the last maybe, two or three years, where the population has realised that they can avail themselves of good treatment at the Mount St John’s Medical Centre.
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Giving the breakdown, the Consultant Surgeon said, out of the figure, 2,055 related to breast cancer, 3,166 to liver cancer, 1,117 to prostate and 1,699 to cervical cancer.
She indicated that, in all, about 24,000 cancer-related cases were diagnosed within the period under review.
Dr. (Mrs) Wiafe Addai, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), on the sidelines of the commemoration of the World Cancer Day at Oduom in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti Region, described cancer as a silent killer.
The four main prevalent cancer-related diseases in the country, she noted, were breast, liver, prostate and cervical cancers, saying early detection of the cancers was critical in preventing them from causing harm to the patient.
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