The Breast Society of Ghana has projected a national guideline for Breast Cancer Management to enable practitioners in the profession to execute their duties effectively and efficiently to manage and reduce breast cancer cases in the country. Dr Verna Vanderpuye, the National Radiotherapy, Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Center, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, who chaired the meeting, said clinical practice guidelines …
Actress Annie Idibia has lost her father after his prolonged battle with cancer. The actress took to instagram to announce her father’s passing in the early hours of Tuesday stating that he fought really hard and now the pain is gone forever. “R I P Daddy� You Fought Hard #cancersucks #thePainIsGone” she said. A few weeks earlier she stated that …
Ja Rule says 50 Cent has taken shots at Kanye West, Taraji P. Henson, Diddy, and more. 50 Cent and Ja Rule will never make peace. That much has become clear over the years. Their feud dates back to last decade with the two becoming mortal enemies somewhere along the way. In the last few years, 50 Cent has had a lot of …
Veteran BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen has revealed he has been diagnosed with bowel cancer. The former BBC Breakfast host said he was undergoing chemotherapy after noticing “funny pains in my legs and in my back” whilst in Iraq last May. April is bowel cancer awareness month and Bowen revealed his diagnosis to raise awareness of the disease. Bowel …
The rapper adds his latest ink to a collection of face tats. Famous Dex may be seen as an eccentric artist, but the rapper’s connection to his mother always brings out his emotional side. Just a few years ago, the 25-year-old lost his mother to stage IV breast cancer, and the rapper isn’t shy about talking about how that has affected him. …
A US jury has found that one of the world’s most widely-used weedkillers was a “substantial factor” in causing a man’s cancer. Pharmaceutical group Bayer had strongly rejected claims that its glyphosate-based Roundup product was carcinogenic. But the jury in San Francisco ruled unanimously that it contributed to causing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in California resident Edwin Hardeman. The next stage of …
Cancer has been considered as one of the world’s most pressing health concerns, killing in excess of eight million people every year, more than HIV and AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. Dr Efua Commeh, the Ghana Health Service Deputy Programme Manager for Non-Communicable Diseases, who confirmed this said presently the commonest forms of general cancers in Ghana were the cervical, …
As Ghana joins the rest of the world to mark World Cancer Day, which falls on the 4th of February every year, Hope for Future Generations (HFFG), a children, youth and women-focused non-governmental organization, is calling on government to pay special attention to cervical cancer, which is the second most common cancer in women living in Ghana. According to the …
