The Coordinator, National Cancer Prevention Programme, Lagos State branch, Dr. Abia Nzelu, has said that prostate cancer kills 14
men everyday in Nigeria.
Nzelu, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Tuesday, noted that the figure was based on studies.
She said that a large percentage of Nigerian men report their cancer cases late when the symptoms had already manifested and
attributed the situation to ignorance.
According to her, people die unnecessarily, She said, “Prostate cancer, the second commonest cancer in men, kills 14 men in
Nigeria every day. This is not acceptable because it can be prevented.
“In Nigeria, cancer is like a death sentence, that is why most deaths here are unnecessary; they
are untimely.
“When we had the Dana crash, we are all shouting, but each day people are dying of cancer. Because, they are dying silently, we are not doing anything about it,” she said.
Culled from The Punch.
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