Egypt records official decline in number of cancer victims
He emphasized that Egypt’s success in eliminating Hepatitis C is a global achievement, particularly given that the country was once among those most severely affected by the disease; he noted that this success has directly resulted in a decline in liver cancer incidence rates.
Egypt has achieved a significant healthcare milestone following the announcement by GLOBOCAN—a platform under the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO)—of an official decline in incidence and mortality rates for several of the most prevalent types of cancer.
Health authorities attribute this to the major success of the “100 Million Healthy Lives” initiative in eliminating Hepatitis C, a leading cause of liver cancer in Egypt.
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