Details are emerging that cancer cases might reach one million by 2030.
Catherine Nyongesa, the Founder and Director of Texas Cancer Center says:
“Unless steps are taken to reverse the trends of cancer , the annual cancer deaths in sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya among them)will likely reach 1 million by 2030 and incidence will likely double again by 2040. This is according to a comprehensive report by The Lancet Oncology commission.”
The National Cancer Institute had earlier on alluded that 46 per cent of cancer cases in Kenya are at advanced stages; National Cancer report shows cases in children under 18 years account for two per cent, Nairobi and Nakuru among five counties with highest cases.