As cancer takes its toll on a significant percentage of the world population, an expert has sounded a warning to Nigerians on the disturbing subject.
Professor Abayomi Durosinmi-Etti, a Professor of Radiotherapy & Oncology, has raised serious alarm over the rising cases of cancer in Nigeria.
The expert also urged Nigerians to take proactive measures against the scourge.
Prof Durosinmi-Etti, a Consultant Radiotherapist and Oncologist, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, gave this warning while speaking during the inaugural lecture of the University of Lagos, that focused on cancer (the big 'C').
According to him, many Nigerians may be living with cancer without knowing.
Vanguard reports that the man declared that cancer has overtaken other Non Communicable Diseases, NCDs, in the country as leading cause of death. In his lecture entitled:"That we may overcome cancer",the specialist said presently, about 10 million persons are diagnosed with cancer annually out of which six million die.
Half of these deaths occur in developing countries like Nigeria.
He said: "Breast cancer is the commonest female cancer followed by cervical cancer with both responsible for 50 percent of all tumours seen in Nigeria while cancer of prostate continues to be on the increase in men.
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