Infrastructural and policy Challenges (Development) in the mitigation of Cancer as NCD in Nigeria

In Nigeria, cancer leads to over 72,000 deaths per annum (30924 for male and 40 647 for female). This number is set to increase given that there are 102,000 new cases of cancer every year. The estimated incidence for breast cancer is (27%), cervix uteri (14%), liver (12%), prostate (12%) and colorectum (4.1%). While estimated mortality for breast cancer is (20%), liver (16%), prostate (13%), cervix uteri (12%) and colorectum (4.4%). Breast cancer is now the leading cancer death in Nigeria, while liver cancer is the second and prostate cancer is the third. Prof Ifeoma Okoye, Professor of Radiology and Head of Radiation Medicine Department at the College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu Campus (UNNEC), joins this episode to discuss the development efforts used in Nigeria to curb cancer.