The Health Ministry is seeing an increase in gastrointestinal cancer amongst Fijians.

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Pastor Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says gastrointestinal malignancy is intently awe-inspiring bosom and cervical disease which are the most widely recognized.

Dr Waqainabete says in excess of a hundred instances of gastrointestinal disease is recorded yearly.

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Gastrointestinal malignancy remembers all tumors for an individual’s stomach related lot organs and whenever recognized or treated late, it very well may be deadly.

“At the point when we state gastrointestinal – this incorporates esophageal malignancy, stomach tumors and diseases of the enormous entrail or colon diseases. Presently colon malignant growth is exceptionally normal in the Western world. It’s credited to the dietary changes. So we are seeing an ascent in that here in Fiji.”

The Minister says this adds to the 400 malignancy cases they record inside a year.

“We have around 100 to 150 individuals that have gastrointestinal malignancy so these are tumors of the throat, stomach, liver, pancreas, little entrail, enormous inside and even the addendum. Lower is prostate malignant growth and cellular breakdowns in the lungs.”

An eating regimen high in pungent and smoked nourishments including liquor builds the danger of gastrointestinal malignancy.

The Fiji Cancer Society says individuals experiencing such malignancy might be hesitant to approach.

-FBC News
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