A haematologist/oncologist, at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital , Prof Edamisan Temiye, who made this known, lamented that late presentation of childhood cancers reduces the cure rate in patients suffering from the ailment in Nigeria.
“Once the cancer is in stages three to four, it becomes a challenge to cure. So, presenting late makes the cure rate to be low in Nigeria.”He also noted that high rate of poverty in Nigeria and non-availability of support care like health insurance makes cancer treatment too expensive and not accessible, thereby reducing the rate of cure.
Temiye, who advised persons that develop cancers to present early in hospitals and to support treatment, noted that if support systems are made available just like in the advanced countries where treatment of cancers are not paid directly by patients, about 90 per cent of persons with cancers will survive.
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