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Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer may cause pain, difficulty in urinating, problems of sexual dysfunction other symptoms can potentially develop during later stages of the disease.

What is Breast Cancer?

The Worldwide awareness of breast cancer

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women worldwide (after skin and lung cancer) and this month has been internationally declared as the "World Awareness of Breast Cancer".

Skin Cancer

Africa » Gambia

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

On skin cancer awareness DR HASSAN AZADEH Senior Lecturer at the University of The Gambia and Senior Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology in continuation of his regular health article in the National Newspapers focus this week on the danger of skin bleaching in Gambian women and developing deathly skin cancer.

What is Cervical Cancer?

Published by Dr Azadeh on Point Newspaper: Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Every 10 minutes, a woman dies in Africa from the cancer of the woman's womb

In continuation with our regular Health issues DR AZADEH, Senior Lecturer at the University of the Gambia and Senior Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology focusing this week on the cervical cancer as commonest cancer in woman in Africa and availability of the diagnostic and treatment procedures here in The Gambia.

Brain Cancer Information

Patient Information Booklet on Brain Cancer

Understanding Brain Tumours
Cancer Backup, 2005 edition
(54 page booklet)
Available to borrow from ECH library P/QZ 201 BOX 3 COA 2005 or order from 0808 800 1234

Statement at opening Ceremony of training of Nurse/Midwives on Cervical Cancer Screening, The Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital 4

Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, it is indeed a great honour for me to address this august gathering on behalf of the Francis DeGaulle Njie Foundation.

I would like to start by giving you a brief background about the foundation and the person in the centre of it, the late Francis DeGaulle Njie, fondly called DeGaulle.

Program with Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (RVTH)

Three members of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, Mrs. Vivat Thomas-Njie, Dr Momodou Jasseh and Mr. Julius Freeman, paid a courtesy call on the Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (RVTH), Dr Mariatou Jallow.