Alarm as cancer cases rise in Nyandarua

Some of the common cancers in the areas include cervical, breast, gastro intestinal, prostrate and oesophagus. [iStockphoto]

Medics have raised the alarm over high cancer cases in Nyandarua county.

John Mburu, a medical practitioner and director of outreach programmes at Pope Benedict Hospital said most cancer related deaths are as a result of late diagnosis due to ignorance, poverty and lack of awareness about the need for regular screening.