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Nigeria: Prostate Cancer - What Every Man Should Know
Vanguard, 27 October 2018
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men and the second most common tumor diagnosed worldwide. Read more »
Prostate cancer is the second most common tumor diagnosed worldwide. According to the World Health Organisation, screening men for prostate cancer, with the prostate-specific antigen test, can reduce mortality by an estimated 20%-30%.
1 man in 9 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime.
Most African countries are putting measures in place to prevent deaths from noncommunicable diseases like cancer. Tanzania is injecting funding to ... see more »
Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally and is estimated to account for 9.6 million death in 2018, according to WHO. In Uganda alone, over 60,000 new cases are ... Read more »
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