02/12/2025
✳️ Cancer Cases are rising in Nigeria. As per the reports of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), in 2024, new cancer cases diagnosed in Nigerian Women were approximately 64'700, and 40'600 cancer-related deaths among women. The Numbers could have been much higher because of the non-reporting of many Nigerian Cancer Patients.
🛑 The Seven Most Common Cancers in Nigerian Women are:
☢️ Breast Cancer in Nigerian Women
Breast Cancer is the number one cancer among Nigerian Women, accounting for over 22% of all new cancer cases. In 2020, 28,380 new breast cancer cases were diagnosed among Nigerian Women. Breast Cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death among Nigerian Women. There is a high prevalence of aggressive subtypes of breast cancer, the triple-negative Breast Cancer in Nigerian Women.
☢️ Cervical Cancer Among Nigerian Women
Cervical Cancer is the second most common Cancer Among Nigerian women. Around 12,000 new Cervical Cancer cases are diagnosed annually among Nigerian Women, and around 8,000 women die in Nigeria from Cervical Cancer. Infection with Human Papillomavirus is the major factor responsible for Cervical Cancer in Nigerian Women.
☢️ Ovarian Cancer in Nigerian Women
Ovarian Cancer is another common cancer among Nigerian Women. The identified risk factors for Ovarian Cancer among Nigerian Women are a family history of cancer, early menarche, and nulliparity.
☢️ Colorectal Cancer in Nigerian Women
Colorectal cases in Nigerian women are rising, and it is ranked the third most common cancer affecting Nigerian Women after Breast Cancer and Cervical Cancer. Most of the Colorectal cancers are affecting younger Nigerian Women.
☢️ Soft Tissue Cancer in Nigerian Women
Soft tissue cancers also affect Nigerian Women, although the occurrence is not very common. Soft Tissue Cancers affect younger Nigerian Women. Fibrosarcoma and Kaposi sarcoma are the common types of Soft Tissue Cancers in Nigerian Women.
☢️ Thyroid Cancer in Nigerian Women
Thyroid Cancer affects middle-aged Nigerian Women. Papillary Thyroid Cancer is more common, but Follicular Thyroid Cancer, Medullary Thyroid Cancer, and Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer also affect Nigerian Women.
Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer in Nigerian Women
☢️ Nigerian Women are also affected by Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer. Squamous Cell Carcinoma is the main type of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer in Nigerian women. The Known risk factors of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer in Nigerian Women include albinism and trauma, and the head and neck region is the most frequent site for NMSC.
Cancer Advocacy Nigeria (CANCAD), Nigerian Cancer Society, Nigerian Cancer Society, Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria
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