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Uganda’s Silent Cancer Crisis | Uganda News
Uganda is drowning in a silent cancer crisis — nearly 30,000 new cases and over 18,000 deaths each year, averaging 50 lives lost daily — yet it’s buried under the spotlight of malaria and HIV. Stigma, late diagnoses, and woefully inadequate resources like just a handful of radiotherapy units mean most patients arrive too late for effective treatment. While the Uganda Cancer Institute pioneers breakthroughs like the country’s first bone marrow transplant, the system is barely scratching the surface of the epidemic. Cancer’s diffuse impact weakens political will, but the scale — more than…
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