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- According to a 2022 report by researchers from the UCI and South Korea’s National Cancer Centre, prostate cancer is projected to rise by 33 percent in the next 15 years.
Prostate cancer is the leading cause of illness and death among men diagnosed with the disease in Uganda, according to the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI), the national body responsible for the cancer fight.
Dr Alfred Jatho, the UCI Head of Community Cancer Services, said about 2,537 men develop prostate cancer in Uganda annually. He said about 80 percent of these patients present with advanced disease, which limits the chance of curing it.
Due to late diagnosis and the seriousness of the illness, prostate cancer kills around 1,544 men annually, disrupting families as men are the main breadwinners in most families, according to Dr Jatho.
“As our population grows and life expectancy increases, these numbers (prostate cancer patients) are steadily rising,” Dr Jatho warned.
“While prostate cancer is highly curable when detected early, up to 80 percent of Ugandan patients still reach specialised care at advanced stages (stage III or IV) due to low screening uptake, stigma and limited rural diagnostic capacity,” he explained.
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