‘Zim cancer burden increasing’

GOVERNMENT has been urged to come up with a National Cancer Council to close loopholes in cancer care.

In a statement yesterday to commemorate World Cancer Day running under the theme: Closing the Cancer Care Gap, the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe said a third of the country’s 80% diagnosed cancer cases are preventable.

“This commemoration comes (as) cancer patients in Zimbabwe are facing a number of challenges from the cancer itself and the current COVID-19 pandemic.

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