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of an orthopaedic problem
as everyone had expected,
it was cancer, and it had
already spread to the rest
of the body.
Solocis case is not
the only unique one.
Every year, some 300,000
Ugandans
develop
invasive cancers and more
than 10,000 of these die,
according to information
from UCI.
The most common cancer
types among male adult
patients are prostate cancer
and Kaposis sarcoma,
while cervical and breast
cancers are the most
common amongst females.
In children, it is Burkitts
lymphoma, a potentially
fatal and disfiguring virus
that often develops in the
jaw or abdomen.
Kaposi sarcoma is the
biggest killer. It is the
largest cause of death
among cancer patients in
Uganda. When someone
has HIV, their chances of
developing Kaposi sarcoma
is 20,000 fold, says Dr Fred
Okuku, a senior oncologist
at the institute.
According
to
information from the noncommunicable disease unit
of the Health ministry, 300
people per every 100,000 are
estimated to have cancers.
Approximately
2,000
newly diagnosed cancer
Mwesige
notes
that
accessibility to the latest
cancer drugs is rare and
even unheard of in many
developing countries like
Uganda.
This is because giant
pharmaceuticals
such
as Norvatis in the US,
AstreZeneca in Switzerland
and Roche in Spain are not