{"id":30348,"date":"2026-06-09T20:07:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=30348"},"modified":"2026-06-09T20:07:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:07:47","slug":"health-ministry-boosts-cancer-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/health-ministry-boosts-cancer-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Ministry boosts cancer care"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-early detection efforts <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-by Kimberly Giddings <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony said access to\u00a0mammography services has expanded beyond Georgetown with plans to make breast\u00a0cancer screening available in every region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The minister is urging greater public awareness and early screening,\u00a0noting that breast cancer remains the leading cancer affecting women in Guyana.\u00a0He highlighted advances at GPHC, including local breast cancer testing and telepathology\u00a0services that reduces the need to send samples overseas.\u00a0The minister also said Guyana is working to eliminate cervical cancer through its HPV\u00a0vaccination program, with coverage rising from 15  per cent to 69 per cent among children aged 9 to 15. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He encouraged women to utilise the ministry&#8217;s HPV screening voucher,\u00a0while the country works towards WHO targets of 90 per cent vaccination coverage.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Once we can do that, we can then reduce the burden of cervical cancer. And then even if\u00a0they pass there and they end up with some form of cancer, if we pick it up early,\u00a0we can do the surgery, we can do the radiation, we can try to fix early.So that&#8217;s the goal,\u00a0pick it up as early as possible so that we can fix it early,&#8221;<\/strong> he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the Ministry of Health is encouraging more men to undergo regular PSA tests for early\u00a0prostate cancer detection. He also highlighted concerns about colorectal cancer and announced\u00a0plans for a pilot screening program, along with additional investments in cancer care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;And so one of the big discussions that we are having is to set up an oncology center\u00a0where a lot of the diagnostics would be available and also the treatments would be available.\u00a0So that is something that we are working on. But in the interim, while we work on that,\u00a0we are also developing a lot of partnerships.So there are treatments that maybe you currently can&#8217;t\u00a0get here, but there&#8217;s a center, an oncology center in Martinique,&#8221; <\/strong>he explained. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The minister noted that PSA blood tests are now widely used as an initial screening tool\u00a0for prostate cancer, reducing the need for physical examination in many cases.\u00a0He also announced plans to train more doctors and nurses to strengthen cancer care services\u00a0across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-early detection efforts -by Kimberly Giddings Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony said access to\u00a0mammography services has expanded beyond Georgetown with plans to make breast\u00a0cancer screening available in every region. 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