The best way of cutting the number of cancer cases worldwide is to fight the tobacco industry's tactics in developing countries and ensuring the best vaccines get to those most in need, according to a new report published in Science Translational Medicine.

Exposure to second-hand smoke increases a person'€™s risk of developing early signs a heart disease.

"Shame about her cancer stopped my sister from asking for help sooner," a Khayalitsha woman, Monica, told the audience at a talk at the 17th Reach to Recovery International Breast Cancer Support Conference currently underway in Cape Town.