Cervical cancer

Cervical Cancer Kills 142 Women Every Month – IMaH Medical Officer

Cervical Cancer Kills 142 Women Every Month – IMaH Medical Officer

Dr. Anita Owusu-Afriyie, the Medical Officer, at the Oncology Unit of the International Maritime Hospital (IMaH), has disclosed that 233 women are diagnosed every month with cervical cancer, out of which 142 die monthly. She said data indicates that 58 women are diagnosed weekly and as many as 35 are also dying weekly and further, an estimated 2,797 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer yearly in Ghana, out of which 1,699 died from the disease. She said cervical cancer was the second-leading cause of cancer in women in Ghana after breast cancer. Dr. Owusu-Afriyie gave the statistics at the health…
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