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[WATCH] A tale of two systems: How public and private cancer...

Yolanda Mdzeke and Mohale Moloi -

Health Beat #9 | Cancer and the NHI: Will patients see...

Mia Malan, Jessica Pitchford, Mohale Moloi, Yolanda Mdzeke, Tsidiso Lechuba, Tshidiso Thangwana and Dylan Bush -
What’s behind mysterious cancer hot spots popping up all over the world?

Could this finally solve the Eastern Cape’s cancer mystery?

Kat Arney -
Many women mistakenly believe that mastectomy is the only or the safest way of dealing with their cancer.

‘Cancer I could deal with. Losing my breast I could not.’

Joanna Moorhead -
Beyond pink: Ntokozo Dludla from the Breast Health Foundation survived breast cancer and now counsels people diagnosed with the condition.

Male breast cancer stays hidden

Ina Skosana -
Are South African men more at risk of breast cancer?

Are South African men more at risk of breast cancer?

Dylan Bush and Ina Skosana -
Drinking four glasses of wine a day can increase your chances of getting breast cancer by about 50%.

Cancer and heart disease: Can alcohol help you or hurt you?

Charles Parry -
Many women mistakenly believe that mastectomy is the only or the safest way of dealing with their cancer.

Breasts: Five things to know about them and their care

Laura López González -
Less than 3 % of South African infants are exclusively breastfed for the recommended six months

Four reasons why breast is best: Babies are smarter, healthier and...

Laura López González -
Activists gather at the offices of Roche in Johannesburg to protest against the high price of Herceptin

‘Roche holds cancer patients to ransom’ – activists

Mia Malan -
A 12-month course of Herceptin costs R151 520 in South Africa because of patent protection

‘I think I’m going to die,’ SA patient desperate for cancer...

Amy Green -
Caution needed: Dr Carol Benn says if a woman takes hormone replacement therapy for more than five years she risks 'fertilising' cancerous tissue in the breast.

The flush of hormonal success

Amy Green -
Mammography is still the gold standard of breast screening.

Mammograms still the gold standard of breast screening

Justus Apffelstaedt -
Keeping abreast: The SureTouch clinical breast examination machine is marketed as an alternative to a mammogram.

Touch-and-go breast tech is no substitute for mammograms

Amy Green and Ina Skosana -
Mammography is still the gold standard of breast screening.

Double mastectomy – a drastic measure

Sydney Masinga -

Government bans ‘unsafe’ baby bottles

Mia Malan -

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