MEDIA RELEASE: Former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, F. W. de Klerk knows exactly how colorectal cancer can affect someone. He was diagnosed with this type of cancer in 2006 and has been in remission for seven years now. His surprise diagnosis has made him realise that this sensitive type of cancer needs to be discussed, and receive more public awareness.
Breast cancer is more likely to reoccur in overweight women and they are more likely to die of it, according to a new study published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
The economic and social burden of cancer is expected to increase dramatically if governments do not take action now.
Women with breast cancer who do exercise, even at moderate levels, have a lower risk of death, according to research presented yesterday at the 2014 World Cancer Congress in Melbourne, Australia.
Women who exercise moderately can significantly cut their risk of breast cancer, according to a new report in Cancer. However, weight gain may undermine the benefits of exercise
Smokers who've received a clean bill of health from their doctor may think that cigarettes haven't harmed their lungs. However, new research shows that even smokers who seem healthy have damaged airway cells, with characteristics similar to cells found in aggressive lung cancer.
Read the story of Eunice Sanders, a young South African who relates her story of battling breast cancer.
Women with a history of endometriosis are at an increased risk of developing three types of ovarian cancer, according to a new study published in The Lance Oncology.
Over 8 000 gynaecologists and obstetricians recently met in Cape Town where Professor Joanna Cain, a passionate voice on women cancers spoke of the world facing an historic opportunity to control and one day eliminate cervical cancer, one of the biggest killers of poor women.
Cancer deaths in Africa are projected to double by 2030 due to growth and ageing of the population.
Smokers who light up as soon as they wake up in the morning are more likely to develop lung and oral cancer than other smokers, a new study, published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention reveals.
Over 4000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year in South Africa and more than half of them die. According to the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) these numbers could be reduced if more men were screened.
MPUMALANGA - Women like Glander Mhlongo (48), misinformed about cervical cancer, believe only women living with HIV can contract cervical cancer and therefore risk ignoring the early signs and warnings.
A Wits professor has labelled cancer ‘a national crisis’ with early diagnosis still a huge obstacle within the public healthcare system. Although chemotherapy is now readily available in all nine provinces, patients are still slipping through undetected. Professor Paul Ruff,…
New research suggests that male pattern baldness may be a risk factor for prostate cancer.
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