Noncommunicable Diseases

Africa: Breast Cancer – Why It’s Difficult to Treat and What New Approaches Are On the Horizon

[ad_1] Breast cancer is the number one cancer among women: more than 2 million cases were diagnosed worldwide in 2022. It is also particularly challenging to treat. Physiologist Anna-Mart Engelbrecht, who heads the Cancer Research Group at Stellenbosch University, explains why this is so and how precision medicine could help. How do tumours work? Normally, cell growth, cell division and cell death are tightly regulated processes. But mutations in a cell's DNA can disrupt this regulation, leading to abnormal cell […]

October 23, 2024 2

Africa

Africa: World Cancer Day 2024 – WHO Releases Frightening Statistics

[ad_1] In Nigeria, the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has advocated increased awareness campaigns against cancer. As nations globally mark this year's World Cancer Day, the global health body - the World Health Organisation (WHO) - has released troubling statistics about the disease. WHO, in a statement, said the number of new cancer cases globally will reach 35 million by 2050, 77 per cent higher than the figure in 2022, noting that there were an estimated 20 million new cancer cases […]

February 5, 2024 1

Africa

Africa: Global Cancer Burden Growing, Amidst Mounting Need for Services

[ad_1] Ahead of World Cancer Day, the World Health Organization (WHO)'s cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), released the latest estimates of the global burden of cancer. WHO also published survey results from 115 countries, showing a majority of countries do not adequately finance priority cancer and palliative care services, as part of universal health coverage (UHC). The IARC estimates, based on the best sources of data available in countries in 2022, highlight the growing burden […]

February 1, 2024 2