CAN spotlights urgent need for childhood cancer awareness

Chelva Wells

2024-09-11

WINDHOEK, 21 December 2107 - Chief Executive Officer of the Cancer Association of Namibia, Rolf Hansen sharing statistics on the year 2017 with Nampa. (Photo by: Francois Lottering) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 11 SEP (NAMPA) – Approximately five to six families in Namibia receive a diagnosis of childhood cancer every week, Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN) Chief Executive Officer Rolf Hansen has said.
In Namibia, the most common childhood cancers include soft tissue sarcomas, as well as cancers of the eye, brain, and blood, Hansen said in an interview with Nampa on Wednesday on the observation of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in Septembe...

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