Lakeshore Nurses Visit SGMC

Two oncology nurses from Lakeshore Cancer Centre in Nigeria visited Sweden Ghana Medical Medical Centre (SGMC) for a week-long training in Chemotherapy protocols. Lakeshore Cancer Centre (LCC), located in Victoria …

STOMACH CANCER

Stomach (Gastric) Cancer – (GC)

In Africa, GC is ranked 12th most common cancer however, in countries like Mali, it is the commonest cancer affecting men with about 92% …

Being diagnosed with cancer in Africa is NOT a death sentence

By Abigail Amoah

With Africans becoming wealthier, non-communicable diseases like cancer are on a steady rise. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reports that nearly 71% of people …

Can herbal medicine be used to treat cancer?

In countries like China, alternate/ herbal products have been used solely or in combination with conventional processes – surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy – in treatment of liver and gastric cancers. …

No one in my family has cancer so I’m safe.

This idea is false. In fact, only 5-10% of all cancers are caused by inheriting defective genes from a parent or grandparent which can double or triple your chances of …