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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.
Over 8,000 die from cancer-related diseases in Ghana in 2020 Dr Beatrice Wiafe LISTEN
FEB 4, 2021
Ghana has recorded 8, 037 deaths from cancer-related diseases in 2020, Dr. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, the former Chairperson of the Ghana Cancer Board, has disclosed.
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.