Stakeholders to meet on national cancer plan

Following the conclusion of a three-day workshop, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), representatives of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), consultants and stakeholders will meet today to discuss the way forward for the formulation of a national cancer control plan.

The Cancer Diagnosis and Management workshop, which ended yesterday, consisted of presentations over the course of three days in the areas of cancer control, planning, prevention screening, diagnosis and treatment, and focused on the areas of cervical, breast and prostate cancer, the three leading forms of cancer in Guyana.