Deyalsingh gets checked for prostate cancer

He then disclosed, “I myself had my annual psa and test done last week.” Identifying prostate, colo-rectal, breast, cervical and lung cancer as some of the forms of cancer the ministry is looking at, Deyalsingh said there is also an effort to educate young girls about modifying their sexual behaviour before the age of 18 years.

He explained that sexual promiscuity before the age of 18, unprotected sex and multiple partners, “tend to lead to an increase in cervical cancer.” Deyalsingh said cigarette smoking is linked to lung, oesophagus, larynx, mouth, throat, kidney, bladder, liver, stomach, cervical, colon and rectal cancers.

He added this was part of the rationale behind the decision to increase the price of cigarettes in the 2016/2017 budget. Deyalsingh also said obesity has a connection with breast, colon and rectal cancers.

The minister explained this was why the sale of soft drinks in schools will be stopped from the beginning of the next school term.

Noting that information on cancer has not been collected from 2008 to now, Deyalsingh said the ministry is upgrading the National Cancer Registry since “you cannot manage what you cannot measure.”