The Ashanti Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has initiated a three-year campaign against liver and prostate cancers, as they constitute the two leading cancers killing men at an alarming rate.
From 8,764 cancer cases recorded in the Ashanti Region in the year 2022, the region's new cancer cases soared, reaching 11,783 in 2023 and inching further to 12,817 in 2024.
Sharing these figures, the Ashanti Regional Director of Health, Dr.
Fred Adomako Boateng, expressed concern that men have been flagged to bear the highest risk, with health facilities recording 3,200 new prostate cancer cases from 2022 to 2024.
