By Chioma Obinna
LAGOS ? Medical experts have said that the rising deaths from breast and cervical cancer were as a result of inadequate cancer diagnostic equipment, while the ones available were outdated and unable to support early diagnosis that makes effective treatment feasible.
The experts under the Medical Women?s Association of Nigeria, MWAN, in a statement at 17th Biennial Scientific Conference and General Assembly of the Medical Association in Lagos, called on the government to urgently upgrade existing outdated cancer diagnostic facilities as well as focus on cost-effective early detection and cancer education.
The experts also called for the inclusion of the Human Papilloma Virus, HPV, vaccine and the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine, PCV in the National Programme on Immunisation.
They said: ?The skill of Breast Self Examination is valuable in early diagnosis of breast cancer but most Nigerian females are ignorant of this skill.?
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