Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- New insights from Gatefield's Public Health Practice suggest that Nigeria's high cancer mortality rate, particularly among women, is driven less by medical limitations and more by systemic policy failures that prioritise late-stage treatment over prevention and early detection.

According to the report obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, an estimated 125,000 Nigerians are diagnosed with cancer every year, with about 80,000 deaths recorded annually, including 46,000 women.

Breast and cervical cancers, which are among the most preventable and treatable cancers globally when detected early, account for a significant share of these deaths.

The report finds that Nigeria's health system largely responds only after cancer has advance...