Ogun Asks Adult Males to Undergo Prostate Cancer Screening to Reduce Deaths from the Disease
Ogun State Government has asked male residents in the state, especially those above 40 years of age, to undergo prostate cancer screening at least once yearly.
The screening, according to the government, is for an early detection of the disease, and to reduce the prostate cancer deaths in the state.
Health Commissioner, Dr. Tomi Coker, made the call while monitoring a free prostate cancer screening program in state hospitals, to mark the 2024 World Cancer Day.
Coker represented the coordinator of the Non-Communicable Disease Unit of the Health Ministry, Dr. Esther Oguntayo, who asked them to undergo free screening at the state hospitals in Abeokuta, Ijebu Ode, Ishara, Ota, Ifo, and Ilaro.
A beneficiary at the State Hospital, Abeokuta, Babatunde Oshonaike, appreciated the free cancer screening program.
He asked older men in the state to pay attention to their health through regular checkups.
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Dr. Coker said getting rid of various diseases in the state is the main focus of the present administration led by Prince Dapo Abiodun cancer is one of them, saying recently that the wife of the Governor, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun, with some development partners, flags off cancer awareness program in the state, while the Governor himself took the bull by the horn to get rid of filth and open defecation across the 20 Local government of the state, aimed at guarding against public health diseases in the state.
The Commissioner stated further that prevention and treatment of cancer can include taking vitamins in large doses, natural foods, and use of alternative medicines that provide cleaning of the colon thus relieving constipation which makes the skin, liver, kidney, lungs, and all organs prone to cancer very active.
According to the Commissioner, recent Swedish studies of the intake of vitamin C for the last 30 years have recently found that a mixture of vitamin C and copper compound has lethal effects on cancer.
She said several studies have also shown that vitamin A exerts an inhibiting effect on carcinogenics which is one of the most important aids to the body’s defense system to fight and prevent cancer.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that a liberal use of green and yellow vegetables, and fruits can prevent cancer, as people who eat green and yellow vegetables every day have a decreased risk of developing lung, stomach, and other cancer diseases.
Harvard University study shows that those who reported the highest consumption of carrots, squash, tomatoes, salads or leafy green vegetables, dried fruits, fresh strawberries, or melon had a decreased risk of cancer.
