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The after-effects of COVID-19 pandemic to cancer patients

Chairperson Cancer Survivors Association of Kenya (CSAK) Prisca Githuka and Cancer survivor Colleta Mwende (left) during CSAK monthly meeting at St Paul's University Chapel. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Corletta Mwende discovered she had a lump in her left breast in November 2019, and in January doctors confirmed it was Stage Two cancer. However, her plans to go to India for treatment were halted after all international flights were suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Since I was unable to go to India, my doctor gave me some medicine to manage the pain. However, after three months the lump had increased in size from 1.8cm to 2.7cm and also moved to my right breast,” says Mwende.

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