Nigerian government weighs options on cancer-linked plastic bottle component

Nigeria's Health Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole has inaugurated a Technical Committee (TC) on the use of Bisphenol – A (BPA) ...

Cancer: New initiative targets 60% survival rate for children by 2030

byStaff Writer

October 16, 2018

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WHO has announced a new effort - the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer - with the aim of reaching ...

Matters arising as deployment of new radiotherapy machine for cancer treatment in Nigeria is delayed

1 in 8 men will die of cancer

byStaff Writer

September 14, 2018

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The global cancer burden has risen to 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million deaths in 2018 The International Agency ...

Diabetes after age 50 linked to pancreatic cancer in blacks and Latinos

byStaff Writer

June 18, 2018

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Late diagnosis responsible for higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer among African-Americans A new study from the Keck School of ...

New trial offers hope to patients with advanced cancers

byEditor

June 14, 2018

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The trial could help the growing number of patients who have not responded to checkpoint inhibitors Apexigen, Inc. and Yale Cancer Center ...

Nigeria needs N93 billion for National Cancer Control Plan 2018-2022

byPaul Adepoju

April 20, 2018

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Nigeria is embarking on an ambitious cancer control journey but its success hinges on several factors and players Last week, ...

“If one radiotherapy machine packs up, the second one will be in use for the benefit of cancer patients”

byPaul Adepoju

March 3, 2018

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With installation of a second radiotherapy machine underway, minister optimistic about cancer treatment.... Nigeria's health minister, Prof Isaac Adewole has ...

National Hospital Abuja gets second radiotherapy machine

byPaul Adepoju

February 26, 2018

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The delayed National Hospital Abuja's $1m 2nd radiotherapy machine we reported has finally been delivered Two weeks after HealthNews.NG exclusively reported that ...