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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 - October 19, 2018 0

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 - February 8, 2018 0

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 - December 9, 2016 0

Are South African men more at risk of breast cancer?

Are South African men more at risk of breast cancer?

Bhekisisa Team - November 12, 2016 0

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?

- November 7, 2016 1

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 - October 25, 2016 0

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 - August 4, 2016 0

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 - March 31, 2016 0

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 - March 18, 2016 0

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 - October 17, 2014 0

Mammography is still the gold standard of breast screening.

Comment: Mammograms still the gold standard of breast screening

Admin - November 27, 2013 0

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, Ina Skosana and Ina Skosana - November 15, 2013 0

Mammography is still the gold standard of breast screening.

Double mastectomy – a drastic measure

Sydney Masinga - June 10, 2013 0

Government bans ‘unsafe’ baby bottles

Mia Malan - October 28, 2011 0

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