Cancer killed 15,802 Ghanaians in 2020 -Globacan LISTEN 1
15,802 people were reported dead in Ghana from cancer in 2020, according to Global Cancer, Mortality and Prevalence (Globacan) 2020 report.
The report also estimated that 24,009 new cases of cancers occur annually in Ghana, by the known common cancers, which are breast, liver, cervix, and prostate.
The President of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, made the revelation during the celebration of World Cancer Day on Tuesday, February 2021, in Kumasi.
2021 World Cancer Day is led by the theme
“I Am and I Will”
World Cancer Day takes place every year on 4th February to raise awareness and improving education about the disease while calling for action from governments and individuals across the world.
COVID-19 has affected fight against cancer, says expert
Dayo Ojerinde
A professor of radiation therapy and and oncology, Francis Durosinmi-Etti, has lamented the impact of COVID-19 in the fight against cancer.
Durosinmi-Etti, in an interview with our correspondent on Wednesday said the pandemic had affected the care of cancer patients as patients and doctors now fear to come to the clinic.
“COVID-19 has affected the fight against cancer in the country. There has been a reduction in the number of patients we see at the moment as everyone is afraid to come to the hospital. There is also palpable fear at the moment, especially with this second episode among doctors themselves. As a doctor, we have to be very careful; it is even worse these days that many of the patients that are seen don’t even present with fever or cough anymore.
• Patients with cancer face reduced access to care, competition for scarce resources
• Breast cancer costs N18m out-of-pocket for initial treatment
• About 200 Nigerians die every day from cancer, with 32 from breast cancer, 28 from cervical cancer, 16 from prostate cancer, 14 from liver cancer
As nations mark World Cancer Day today, there are concerns that COVID-19 has further reduced the chances of survival of cancer patients.
Reports from the World Health Organisation (WHO), Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and cancer experts indicate that COVID-19 raises death risk in cancer patients.
UICC, in a paper published, yesterday, in the medical journal, The Lancet Oncology, ahead of the World Cancer Day titled “Cancer burden, finance, and health-care systems” said less prevention, delayed treatment and suspended early detection programmes and diagnoses, caused by COVID-19, could lead to a higher number of deaths from cancer in months and years to come.
World Cancer Day: After battling Covid, hospitals to draw focus back on cancer
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Ashish Srivastava ( IANS) |
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Thu, Feb 4 2021 17:33 IST |
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New Delhi, Feb 4 : The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a toll on timely diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases, and preventive care for ailments like cancer is one of the worst hit.
However, since the cases of Covid-19 have started to subside gradually, the need for awareness among the patients has multiplied. In lieu of it, the hospitals have geared up to start awareness campaigns to draw patients attention back on cancer treatment.
Suresh Kumar, Director at Delhi s Lok Nayak Hospital, told IANS that the hospital will start an awareness campaign specifically for cancer patients.