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Dar es Salaam. Chemical substances emanating from mining sites, consumption of local brews, population growth and fishing in the Lake Zone regions, have been identified by scientists as key risk factors tied to the soaring cases of cancer in the zone.
Statistics show that most of the country’s cancer burden is from the Lake Zone.
In July, President John Magufuli tasked the Health ministry to carry out a study and establish the factors behind the high numbers of cancer cases in the zone.
“Most cancer patients are from the Lake Zone. Why?’ Queried the President, citing data from the health ministry which say 50 per cent of cancer cases in the country come from the Zone.
“I’m talking from experience,” President Magufuli was quoted as saying while touring the zone.
Scientists from the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (Cuhas) say in the past 10 years, over 50,000 patients in the Lake Zone have been diagnosed with various forms of cancer at the Bugando Medical Centre (BMC)--the zone’s largest health referral facility--and the number of cases could be reduced if risk factors for cancer were to be identified.
Dar es Salaam. Chemical substances emanating from mining sites, consumption of local brews, population growth and fishing in the Lake Zone regions, have been identified by scientists as key risk factors tied to the soaring cases of cancer in the zone.
Statistics show that most of the country’s cancer burden is from the Lake Zone.
In July, President John Magufuli tasked the Health ministry to carry out a study and establish the factors behind the high numbers of cancer cases in the zone.
“Most cancer patients are from the Lake Zone. Why?’ Queried the President, citing data from the health ministry which say 50 per cent of cancer cases in the country come from the Zone.
“I’m talking from experience,” President Magufuli was quoted as saying while touring the zone.
Scientists from the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (Cuhas) say in the past 10 years, over 50,000 patients in the Lake Zone have been diagnosed with various forms of cancer at the Bugando Medical Centre (BMC)--the zone’s largest health referral facility--and the number of cases could be reduced if risk factors for cancer were to be identified.
