16/10/2026
🎗️ Why We Bust Myths: Because Silence and Misinformation Are Costing Kenyan Women Their Lives 🎗️
Here's something we see at ICI far too often:
A woman walks through our doors with advanced breast cancer. Not because treatment didn't exist. Not because she didn't have options. But because a myth — passed down at home, whispered in church, repeated on the bus — told her to wait. To try something else first. To hope it would go away.
By the time she seeks care, the cancer that could have been cured has spread.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Kenyan women. The majority present late. And misinformation is one of the biggest reasons why.
That's why this education matters:
✅ Every myth dispelled is a woman who seeks care sooner
✅ Every conversation had at a kitchen table is a potential life saved
✅ Every share puts accurate information where rumours used to live
Education isn't just awareness — it's intervention. It shortens the time between "something feels wrong" and "I'm getting help." And in oncology, time is everything.
In this series, we're tackling the myths we hear in our clinics — because we believe the truth, shared early and shared widely, is one of the most powerful medicines we have.
📍 International Cancer Institute — Eldoret, Kenya
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Fredrick Chite Asirwa MD FASCO, Dr. Muyodi David, Eric Achesa, Emmanuel Gudu, MD, Modester Shipuku, BENARD ROOSEVELT, zilvia ochuodho, Purity Lang'at
