TRAGIC : 75,000 Nigerians die of cancer yearly – NMA

The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, yesterday said about 75,000 Nigerians die of cancer yearly.

NMA stated this in a statement by its President, Kayode Obembe, and made available to our correspondent in Abuja.

The doctors said from the nation’s estimated 170 million people, 100,000 new cases of the disease were being recorded annually.Globally, NMA said cases of the ailment would rise from its present 14 million to 22 million within the next two decades.

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