Facts About Cancers

World Cancer Day

2018

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 Cancer

• Uncontrolled cell growth:

 cancer cells divide without control.

• Local invasion:
 cancer cells invade nearby tissues.

• Distant metastasis:
 cancer cells spread through the blood stream and lymphatic
system to other parts of the body

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 Risk Factors for Cancer Development

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 Map of Cancer Incidence

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 Cancer Incidences – World Data
Lung cancer is the most common cancer in the world

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 Cancer Incidence and Mortality

Cancer survival in
less developed
countries is poor
due to
inadequate
infrastructure for
cancer screening
and treatment.

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 Cancer Incidence and Mortality

2012 Data for

Ghana
Both sexes

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 2017 Cancer Data - Ghana

• New cancer cases treated at Radiotherapy Centres in Ghana

(KBTH, KATH, SGMC) = 2,400 (Male – 35%; Female – 65%)

Male Female

Prostate Others
31% Breast
Others 32%
36%
41%

Head &
Head & Neck
Sarcoma Neck 12% Cervix
8% 20% 20%

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 2017 Cancer Data - Ghana

• Total cancer cases treated in Radiotherapy Centres in Ghana

= 8,030
Old & New Cancer Cases

Male
41%
Female
59%

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 Cancer Data

Cancer kills
more people in
developing countries
than HIV/AIDS, Malaria
and Tuberculosis
combine

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 Cancer Data

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 Cancer Data

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 Cancer Data

Smoking causes at
least 14 types of
cancers and
accounts for 1/5th of
all global cancer
deaths

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 Cancer Data

• In 2012, there were 14 mil cancer incidences and 8 mil cancer

deaths worldwide.

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 Cancer Data

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 Cancer Screening

Men & Women > 40 yrs

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 Cancer Data

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 Cancer Data

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