Bone Cancer

Cancer Foundation’s Deputy Chair and PNG Women Doctors Association President, Dr. Lynda Sirigoi was invited to speak at a medical fundraising dinner for young Ugava Tau and spoke on the impact of cancer on families and the work of the Cancer Foundation.

Also as a family Physician, she said last year there was a record of about 10 million deaths making it an ongoing issue the world over.

However, a good number of childhood cancers if recognized and treated early have good outcomes. In November 2021, 12-year-old Ugava was diagnosed with Osteogenic Secoma or bone cancer and by December, that year was admitted to the Port Moresby General Hospital’s children’s oncology ward under the care of Dr. Gwenda Anga and her team.

Young Ugava’s family hosted a Dine and Wine event on Saturday, 19^th of February to raise funds for treatment in Brisbane, Australia while also raising awareness on childhood cancer in the country.