Health officers in Kisii County have expressed their fears over the rising breast cancer cases in the region.
County Director of Medical Services Dr Geoffrey Otomu said of all the women that have been treated in the hospitals across the county for the past one year, 59 per cent have breast cancer.
He said other patients who had gone to seek treatment in hospitals with other cancer-related diseases included cervical cancer which stands at 25 percent and prostate cancer for men at 13 percent.
Dr Otomu said among the things that cause cancer is too much consumption of alcohol, eating unhealthy foods and tobacco smoking.
He also asked residents not to take cancer to be a death sentence noting that if detected early, it can be treated.
“Breast cancer continues to be the leading cause of all the cancers among the people of Kisii accounting for about 59 percent among the patients we have examined in the past year followed by cervical cancer then prostate cancer,” he said.
He urged residents who have reached the age of 40 to go for regular screening and follow the instructions given by their health officers.