By SAMWEL OWINO
You are most likely to die from oesophageal cancer than other types of cancer, a report presented before a parliamentary committee by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) says.
According to the data presented before the Health committee, out of 4,380 new oesophageal cancer cases reported annually, there are 4,351 deaths – meaning only 29 of those affected survive.
This further means that for every 365 people diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in a month, only two survive, a shocking revelation that may now make it one of the deadliest killer type of cancer in the country.
According to the data, breast and cervical cancers form the highest number of new cancer cases while oesophagus, prostate and colorectal cancers follow, respectively, on the new cancer cases in the country.
FATALITIES
Breast cancer has 5,985 new cases annually, followed by cervical at 5,250, oesophagus (4,380), prostate (2,864) and colorectal (2,316). Read more…
