5 000 cancer cases diagnosed annually: Moyo

HEALTH and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo last week told Senate that over 5 000 cases of cancer of all types were diagnosed in Zimbabwe annually.

“Currently, over 5 000 new cancer diagnoses of all types are made here in Zimbabwe annually, but experience has shown us that this is just the tip of the iceberg as many cancers are not captured by the routine national health information system, because the patients do not present themselves for treatment or register deaths,” Moyo said.

“Of those who do report, the majority are already at an advanced stage of disease, with limited access to screening,” he said.

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