cancer

A mother-of-two had a double mastectomy and endured months of chemotherapy in the United Kingdom before doctors admitted they had misdiagnosed her with breast cancerSarah Boyle was told she had triple-negative breast cancer in 2016 and…

Wife of a former governor of Oyo State and patron of the Access to Basic medical Care (ABC) Foundation, Mrs Florence Ajimobi, has called the attention of women to the importance of early screening for breast cancer, warning that breast…

Prostate cancer patients could be cured in as little as a week with new high-dose targeted radiotherapy, Mirror Online reported on Wednesday September 18, 2019.In trials, tumours were wiped out within days with treatment times slashed…

Members of the House of Representatives have expressed support for the establishment of cancer registry across Nigeria. The proposed bill sponsored by Hon. Ossai Nichola Ossai, chairman, House Committee on Treaties, Agreements and…

NO fewer than 500 women have benefited from a free-breast-cancer screening in Ilorin in order to curb its prevalence. Dr Yemisi Adeyeye, the Medical Director of Lifefount Hospital, told journalists that there was the need for women to be…

PROJECT Pink Blue, a non-profit organisation, says that prostate cancer treatment remains a huge burden to Nigerian men who were diagnosed with the ailment. Mr Runcie Chidebe, Executive Director of the organisation, said this in a…

THE Wife of Niger state governor, Dr Amina Bello, has been appointed by the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, to serve as a member of the Expert Group for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer…

PROF. Joshua Obaleye of the Department of Chemistry, University of Ilorin, says his team has discovered anti-malaria, anti-cancer and anti-tuberculosis drugs that can be mass-produced to save lives. Obaleye told newsmen in Ilorin that the…

Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Thursday inaugurated a cancer centre in memory of his late mother, Mrs Goldcoast Dickson in Toro-Orua, Sagbama Local Government Area.Speaking at the event, Dickson said the centre would undertake…

THE Onyebuchi Chris Ifediora Foundation (OCIF), a charity organisation, has solicited the collaboration of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, in the fight against breast and cervical cancer in Anambra. The foundation’s Legal…