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Cancer literacy for Nigerian families.
Stories, updates and insights on cancer awareness, prevention and living well.

Some tumors are benign (noncancerous), which means they tend to grow slowly and usually do not invade surrounding tissue or other parts of the body.

All cancer treatments, such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy, have side effects. Loss of fertility is one of them. This means that you will no longer

The goal of chemotherapy for breast cancer is to shrink or eliminate the tumour. Think of it as targeting the weeds in your flower garden

Everyone has some level of breast cancer risk and there’s chance that you may develop breast cancer at some point in your life.

A mammogram is a specialized X-ray of the breast designed to detect tumors or abnormalities that can’t be felt by hand.

Liquid biopsies are highly sensitive blood tests that detect small fragments of tumor DNA or circulating cancer cells in the bloodstream.

Before cancer, I was that person, very social, very active, full of life. But in March 2022, everything changed. I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer (signet ring adenocarcinoma).

Olaparib and chemotherapy offer new hope for breast cancer patients, particularly those with BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations.

Community health outreach initiatives are an essential tactic for raising awareness, encouraging early detection and cancer prevention.

If you have ever met a cancer survivor, you have met a miracle in motion. You have met someone who stared down a diagnosis that shakes the soul

Alcohol’s risks remain low–many still view drinking in moderation as harmless. “Drink with awareness.”

Immunotherapy might serve as a first-line treatment for early-stage cancers with mismatch repair deficiencies.