Prof. Nicholas Athieno Abinya

Shadow in Perpetuity – Hard Journey with Cancer was launched in 2021. The author, Professor Nicholas Athieno-Abinya He is a prolific storyteller who  inspires us with a combination of wit and sobriety, the complications  and sparse triumphs of treating cancer. He is a consultant medical Oncologist at the Nairobi Hospital Cancer Centre. He was formerly Professor of Medicine at the University of Nairobi and Head of Oncology at Aghakhan University Hospital, Nairobi. He is the author of Drug management of Haematologic Neoplasm by Jomo Kenyatta Foundation 2016. This book is talking more about his journey with cancer. Cancer is common and causes a lot of panic. Most cancers when diagnosed early are highly curable, but are incurable when diagnosed late. In this country we have personnel and institutions that can take care of most cancers though not all, and few need referral outside. The problem is that many people don't have faith in local institutions and personnel, and demand referral out. The reality is that over 90-95% of cancers which cannot be cured locally can also not be cured elsewhere. People therefore have a tendency to go and waste money abroad, where oftentimes they are made to believe that they are cured, while this may not be true. When confronted with a diagnosis of cancer, one should promptly seek help from relevant experts, take the prescribed path, and leave the rest to God. If the end is inevitable, so be it.