Forty-six patients of the Oncology Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) died last year, according to statistics released by the unit.
There are 98 patients presently receiving treatment. The statistics were released on World Cancer Day on Thursday and the data indicated that for 2015, the unit diagnosed 314 patients with one of 39 different types of cancers. Of that number, the largest percentage, 39.8% amounting to 125 persons, were diagnosed with breast cancer. Other frequently diagnosed cancers include cervical cancer at 14.9% (47 cases) and ovarian cancer at 8.2% (26 cases).
This year, World Cancer Day was observed under the theme ‘We Can. I Can.’ According to the
