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PCEA Githogoro Training

PCEA Githogoro Training

In a training organized by PCEA Beulah Church in Githogoro for young mothers, Tumaini was able to make a presentation on cervical cancer.

In a training organized by PCEA Beulah Church in Githogoro for young mothers, Tumaini was able to make a presentation on cervical cancer. This was after two members of Tumaini had attended a two day seminar on the same organized by Kenya Network for Cancer organizations (KENCO). About two hundred women attended.

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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