Topic: Dr Lundie Richards
Call for early testing as colon cancer emerges as second most common reported cancer
Statistics from the Cayman Islands Cancer Registry have shown that colon cancer is now the second most reported cancer here and local Haematologist-Oncologist Dr Lundie Richards is urging the community to consider early testing to increase chances of survival.
Doctors urge community to report cases to cancer registry
Local Oncologists Dr. Lundie Richards and Dr. Vineetha Binoy have said with cancer cases continuing to rise it is important now to consider implementing mandatory reporting to the Cayman Islands Cancer registry.
Cayman’s true cancer picture unknown
Even with a formal cancer registry on island, the true picture of the illness in the Cayman community still remains largely unknown, but emerging trends from available statistics indicate more women under the age of 40 are getting diagnosed with breast cancer.
