The disease is curable, yet more than half of cervical cancer patients in Kenya do not get useful treatment. Only 49 per cent of women diagnosed with cancer get treatment with any curative value, resulting in many preventable deaths. Poor adherence to treatment guidelines by doctorsThe poor cancer treatment outcomes, the team says, are also due to poor adherence to established treatment guidelines by doctors. The expert team is advising countries to upgrade vaccinations against cervical cancer and improve on early cancer screening. Six private hospitals - Nairobi Hospital, MP-Shah, The Nairobi West Hospital, Aga Khan University Hospital, Texas Cancer Centre in Nairobi and Equra (Eldoret Hospital) - offer extensive cancer care.

Source: Standard Digital March 07, 2021 21:00 UTC