Why screening for women can save lives in developing countries
Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) doctor Lulu Sakafu explains to visiting secondary school students on the importance of conducting screening for early detection of cancer during Africancer awareness seminar for high school students.
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That was also what she believed, before being diagnosed with cervical cancer. “I was 30 years old and working as a graphic designer at a publisher,” she remembers. “But there were plenty of other young people.” The youngest patient with cervical cancer she knew was only 16 years old.