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Home Visits

A home visit in Ngong to a sister of one of Church members in October. Two other home visits were done in Rioki, Githunguri in September, Nairobi In August to a mother who had come to Nairobi for treatment.

The visit to the secretary was done in May. Home visits have proved to be very key in Tumaini work. Those visited particularly like to hear from survivors because it encourages them to know that people do recover from cancer or live with it successfully for many years.

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Cancer Staging

    • Stage 1(Insitu): The cancerous cells are present but have not spread to nearby tissues
    • Stage 2 (Localized ): The cancerous cells are confined(limited)within the site of origin with no signs that it has spread to nearby tissues
    • Stage 3 (Regional): The cancerous cells have spread to nearby lymph nodes, tissues and organs
    • Stage 4 (Distant/Metastatic ): Cancer cells have spread to distant parts of the body



Risk factors

Risk factors both modifiable and non-modifiable Non Modifiable factors are the ones we have no control over to include age, gender, race and ethnicity. Modifiable factors we got control over to include diet and, lifestyle, eg.smoking and taking alcohol




Partnership

Women for Cancer provided the kits for cervical Cancer testing and the attendant staff, Gertrude’s Hospital provided the Clinicians, Pharmacist and Lab technologists. Beulah church provided the