For most Kenyan patients and families, the death clock starts ticking after a stage 4 cancer diagnosis. “When will I die?”, many ask themselves. Families start rehearsing the funeral, emotionally at least, while others rush to ensure their wills are in order.
But Dr Andrew Odhiambo, a medical oncologist at Nairobi Radiotherapy and Cancer Centre, says stage 4 (cancer that has spread to lymph nodes or to other organs) is not as bad as it sounds and a patient can survive even up to 30 years.
