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How Covid messed up cancer patients big time

Health & Science

The pandemic added to the delay in diagnosis as oncology services were greatly affected due to the curfews, lockdowns and hike in transport.

How Covid messed up cancer patients big time

By MERCY KAHENDA | 1w ago
I was warned not to conceive

I was warned not to conceive

As a recruit in the police, 33-year-old Faith Bonaya experienced sharp abdominal pain, making it hard to pick instructions training

By MERCY KAHENDA | 3w ago

Poor treatment blamed for increasing cancer deaths

Poor treatment blamed for increasing cancer deaths

A new study in Nairobi, Eldoret and other cancer registries in Africa shows many women get poor treatment.

By GATONYE GATHURA | 1mo ago

Soon, an app on your smartphone will detect cancer

Soon, an app on your smartphone will detect cancer

The scientists have for years been developing a miniaturised detector system

By KILLIAD SINIDE | 1mo ago

FEB 22, 2021

Help on the way against cancer-causing pesticides

The board says it is reviewing evidence linking pesticides containing diuron and chloronthalonil to cancer with the aim of banning them

By GATONYE GATHURA
Help on the way against cancer-causing pesticides

FEB 15, 2021

Like us, you can beat cancer and thrive

Cancer treatment in the country is generally expensive and unaffordable forcing people to dig into their pockets.

By YVONNE KAWIRA
Like us, you can beat cancer and thrive

FEB 15, 2021

Can herbs truly treat cancer?

A new study lists Kenya among countries with the highest number of plant species used in the treatment of cancer.

By GATONYE GATHURA
Can herbs truly treat cancer?

FEB 8, 2021

Why cancer of the food pipe is on the rise in Western

Cancer affecting the oesophagus, which is a muscular tube that takes food from the mouth to the stomach, is hard to treat.

By JOHN SHILITSA
Why cancer of the food pipe is on the rise in Western

FEB 8, 2021

Faster and cheaper cancer diagnosis available soon

Most Kenyan hospitals lack the necessary technologies needed for screening, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

By KILLIAD SINIDE
Faster and cheaper cancer diagnosis available soon

FEB 5, 2021

How multi-disciplinary treatment of cancer is giving hope to patients

The 40-year-old was having a bath when she noticed the swelling. And there was some pain.

By ROSA AGUTU
How multi-disciplinary treatment of cancer is giving hope to patients

FEB 5, 2021

Mother with cancer opts to give up kids

Juliet Mutuku, 31, is battling cervical cancer and has no close family to take care of her or her children.

By MERCY ADHIAMBO
Mother with cancer opts to give up kids

FEB 4, 2021

Report shows disease leaves many families in financial distress

This damaged social fabric, which is what cancer patients depend on for their economic support, not only leaves them financially unstable.

By GRAHAM KAJILWA
Report shows disease leaves many families in financial distress

FEB 4, 2021

180 Covid-19 positives as World Cancer Day is observed

Additionally, four more patients succumbed to the disease pushing the country’s cumulative fatalities to 1,773.

By MERCY ASAMBA
180 Covid-19 positives as World Cancer Day is observed

FEB 1, 2021

When cancer runs in the family

Cancer of the cervix, stomach cancer, breast cancer and cancer of the eye. These have affected close members of one family

By MACTILDA MBENYWE
When cancer runs in the family

JAN 25, 2021

What’s causing a spike in thyroid cancer infections?

A study involving 47 countries, including Kenya, says thyroid cancer in adults has risen dramatically in the last three decades

By GATONYE GATHURA
What’s causing a spike in thyroid cancer infections?

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