Cancer Cases On The Rise in Nigeria.

This was the submission of a Professor of Radiotherapy and Oncology at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Aderemi Ajekigbe. He was speaking at the 21st Inaugural Lecture of UNILAG, thursday.

The lecture titled "Cancer: The Unwanted Guest That May Visit You", raises an alarm on the rising incidence of cancer in developing countries, like Nigeria, due to poor state of health facilities, poor funding of cancer care, late diagnosis and detection of the disease.
Prof Aderemi said , “More than 40 per cent of cancer occurs in women. Breast and cervical cancer are the commonest forms of cancer and they occur in women. That is why every woman should examine her breast regularly. Cancer can happen to anyone but it does not have to be a death sentence if it is detected early.”