An analysis of cancer registry data has found that over a 10-year-period there was no record of treatment for 79% of cancer cases in Guyana.
This information was among data presented yesterday on the first day of a three-day workshop held at the Pegasus Hotel.
The workshop is being hosted by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), with the goal of improving the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in Guyana, with a focus on reducing morbidity and mortality as a result of cancers.
Even as the MoPH battles with a low treatment rate for cancer cases and risk factors, such as an overwhelming percentage of the population being considered physically inactive, yesterday’s forum marked the beginning of consultations for the development of