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Theadora Pepera is a British-based Ghanaian consultant gynaecologist, who is helping Ghana develop its cervical cancer screening programme.
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Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins: Avoiding and fighting Cancer
1.Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.
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3. When the person’s immune system is strong the cancer...
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