New impetus for cancer treatment
By Sun News Publishing
Friday February 10, 2012

The selection of 10 Teaching Hospitals in Nigeria as centres for cancer treatment is a bold response to the rising cases of the scourge in the country. The facilities, courtesy of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an organ of the United Nations (UN), are for the early detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. | Read Story

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