DUBLIN ' Africa will be hardest hit by cancer ' projected to be the biggest killer in the world by 2010 ' with a massive treatment gap leading to people dying painful and undignified deaths of cancers that are preventable, treatable and curable.
As hundreds of cancer patients wait months for treatment in Gauteng hospitals, at least one patient group has threatened to take the province to court.
National Vice President for Global Health at the American Cancer Society, Nathan Grey answers important questions pertaining to the recent UN Resolution on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.
A recent study revealed that some cancer doctors experience grief, self-doubt and despair when patients die, while others build up emotional walls and distance themselves from patients they can't save.
'Your results came back positive ' you have breast cancer. When would you like to have the mastectomy done?'
Rooibos, honeybush and garlic may protect against cancer, which is set to increase massively in South Africa in the next 15 years
Healthy lifestyle, screening and testing can help prevent cancer.
This month Dr Eve argues that the rights, needs of the patients need to come first, that all information must be evidence based and that all health care providers must work in an integrated multidisciplinary manner.
Revolutions in cancer treatment are being tested in HIV in the hopes it will bring the world closer to a cure.
For many women in rural areas, cancer remains a killer and some say they knew too little to see the dreaded diagnosis coming.
'Sorry Mrs Nancy Soller your medical aid does not cover the treatment for your type of cancer'. This was the devastating message relayed to Nancy Soller.
The global burden of cancer has more than doubled during the past 30 years and it is estimated that in 2008 there were over 12 million new cases of cancer diagnosed, 7 million deaths from cancer and 25 million persons alive with cancer.
Statistics show that cervical cancer kills more women than any other form of cancer in South Africa. Yet fewer women go for a regular pap smear test to check for the development of the cancer.
Cancer cells can evade the immune system, create their own blood supply, and adapt to survive under different conditions.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the world. Every year it claims more than 650,000 lives. Breast cancer affects more women in high-income countries like the US and the UK. But people in low- and middle-income countries, such…
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