The prevalence of prostate cancer among Zimbabwean black men is rising and the growth rate is now several times higher in recent years than it was 20 years ago, according to findings by the Zimbabwe Cancer Registry (ZCR). Mr Eric Chokunonga, the registrar of the Zimbabwe Cancer Registry told participants at a workshop which was organised by the Radiation Protection Authority of Zimbabwe (RPAZ) recently that even though the incidence of Kaposi sarcoma cancers were still relatively high, new trends now show that rectal cancers were now increasing at a faster rate than ever before.
"Rectal cancers are coming up and prostate cancer is on the rise," he said. "It was not common in Africa but it's on the rise more like what is happening in most Western countries."
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