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More women than men seek cancer treatment- Study

Oncologist Catherine Nyongesa Watta going through an X-ray film. [Willis Awandu/Standard]

Six out of every 10 cancer patients treated at Kenyatta National Hospital are female, a new study shows.

The study, published in the Journal of Medical Economics last month, shows out of the 412 reviewed cancer cases in 2016, 63 per cent were women.

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