Cancer screening at Kuru Kururu detects four possible cases

Dr. Syed Ghazi (right) taking a blood sample from 84-year-old James Daniels

A joint breast cancer awareness and screening clinic held at Kuru Kururu, Linden Highway on Sunday was deemed a success after four ‘suspected’ positive cases were identified.

The Oncology Department of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) teamed up with the Ministry of Public Health and the Cancer Institute of Guyana (CIG) to give the residents an opportunity to know their status and seek early treatment if required.

Oncologist of the GPHC, Dr. Latoya Gooding told Stabroek News that the patients who were diagnosed at the outreach were