Tagon River is dead now and it is impossible to ply any boats in this river. This picture shows shoals forming on its bed. NN photo

1,21,000 affected with cancer every year

A total of 1,21,000 people being affected with cancer every year in the country while 91,000 die of the disease, a physician told a conference in the city on Saturday. Associate Professor of Head of Cancer Epidemiology of National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital (NICRH) Dr Md Habibullah Talukder Ruskin said, “As many as 121,000 people are affected by cancer every year. Of them, 91000 die of cancer annually,”Cancer treatment should be available at district level alongside introducing health...

6 Mar 2017, 12:00 am