Nigeria calls for more cancer awareness

No fewer than 500 people were screened for cancer in Lagos by the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) Nigeria.

The event, which held at the Media Centre, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), had in attendance men, women, the elderly and the young as beneficiaries. They were enlightened about the disease.

The Executive Secretary, CECP Nigeria, Dr. Abia Nzelu, who called on stakeholders to fund the acquisition of Mobile Cancer Centres (MCCs) to facilitate cancer prevention through screening and early treatment at the grassroots, said regular screening and early detection of cancer help to save lives.

The programme, according to her, created awareness on the various types of cancers, which men and women are prone to.

The executive secretary also urged women to be weary of breast cancer, adding: “Women should watch lump in breasts; change in breast size or shape; fluid other than breast milk from breasts; bloody nipple discharge and peeling or redness of breasts skin as symptoms of cancer and persistent pain in breasts.”