14,000 living with cancer

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14,000 living with cancer

ABOUT 14,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in Fiji, says Health Minister Dr Atonio Lalabalavu. He said prostate, liver, colorectal, lung cancer, leukemia was most common among males, breast and cervical for women. Dr Lalabalavu said cancer was among the top five causes of death in the country. He said an effective way of saving Fijian lives was early diagnosis which could help suppressing the disease. “Statistics show that incidents of cancer…