Huge cancer burden holding down Nigeria
by Oscar Nkala from Outbreak News Today on (#3TT59)
Nigeria faces a huge cancer problem with an estimated 72,000 out of the 102,000 cases confirmed annually dying due to the lack of adequate treatment facilities. Addressing the 19th annual general meeting of the Islamic Medical Association of Nigeria, Nigerian pathologist Professor Abdulmumini Rafindadi said the principal causes of cancer remain smoking and alcohol consumption. ["]
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