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Yale study identifies 'major player' in skin cancer genes

Yale study identifies 'major player' in skin cancer genes

Ziba Kashef 30 Jul 2015

Screening for colorectal cancer vital to reduce mortality

Screening for colorectal cancer vital to reduce mortality

22 Jul 2015

New drug combo could make cancer more sensitive to chemo

New drug combo could make cancer more sensitive to chemo

14 Jul 2015

Survival of the fittest: how brain tumours adapt through complex ecosystems

Survival of the fittest: how brain tumours adapt through complex ecosystems

Darren Ó hAilín 8 Jul 2015

New cancer Pioneer Award for revolutionary ideas

New cancer Pioneer Award for revolutionary ideas

1 Jul 2015

Former adman Conn Bertish makes cancer survival mobile

Former adman Conn Bertish makes cancer survival mobile

Leigh Andrews 15 Jun 2015

Men are 50% more likely to get oesophageal cancer than 30 years ago

7 Jun 2015

Discovery could improve radiotherapy for wide range of cancers

3 Jun 2015

Durban Oncology Centre receives international scale linear accelerator

Durban Oncology Centre receives international scale linear accelerator

21 Apr 2015

Melanoma's 'safe haven' targeted for shut-down

Melanoma's 'safe haven' targeted for shut-down

13 Apr 2015

Solving SA's national screening objectives, one community at a time

Solving SA's national screening objectives, one community at a time

7 Apr 2015

China-Africa Health Collaboration focused on universal health coverage

China-Africa Health Collaboration focused on universal health coverage

30 Mar 2015

When cancer costs are nearly as high as cost of cancer

When cancer costs are nearly as high as cost of cancer

19 Feb 2015

Pink mushroom punnets raise R400k+ for Reach for Recovery

19 Feb 2015

'Cancer will barely exist by 2050'

'Cancer will barely exist by 2050'

Laura Donnelly 30 Jan 2015

Managing melanoma, early detection could save your life

Managing melanoma, early detection could save your life

26 Jan 2015

Early detection and treatment key to beating male cancers

Early detection and treatment key to beating male cancers

20 Jan 2015

Relate bracelets Made in Movember on sale now

Relate bracelets Made in Movember on sale now

28 Oct 2014

Rolene Strauss with Dickson Nyamasoka who made the giant beaded ribbon.
Photo credit: Debbie Yazbek

Miss SA unveils giant wire exhibit for breast cancer awareness

22 Oct 2014

NEWSWATCH: Too bold or not bald enough?

NEWSWATCH: Too bold or not bald enough?

21 Oct 2014

Image courtesy of hin255 at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

More bone marrow donors needed in SA

10 Oct 2014

Identifying risk factors in cervical cancer

Identifying risk factors in cervical cancer

25 Sep 2014

Fighting prostate cancer with a tomato-rich diet

Fighting prostate cancer with a tomato-rich diet

28 Aug 2014

Pink Drive's Noelene Kotschan says that cancer is a killer but so is ignorance and people need to be educated about the dangers of cancer and treat it early. Image: Pink Drive

Free breast cancer screening at Pretoria Station

8 Aug 2014

New oncology pharmacy at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital

25 Jul 2014

Yale study finds some aggressive tumors silence genes that fight cancer

Yale study finds some aggressive tumors silence genes that fight cancer

Vicky Agnew 22 Jul 2014

R200,000 donation in aid of breast cancer

R200,000 donation in aid of breast cancer

11 Jul 2014

Cancer benefits for oncology programme members

Cancer benefits for oncology programme members

8 Jul 2014

Royal Philips launches EmboGuide

Royal Philips launches EmboGuide

4 Jul 2014

Sugar-coated cells are deadly for cancer patients

Sugar-coated cells are deadly for cancer patients

Melissa Osgood 2 Jul 2014

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Yale study identifies 'major player' in skin cancer genes

Yale study identifies 'major player' in skin cancer genes

Ziba Kashef 30 Jul 2015

Screening for colorectal cancer vital to reduce mortality

Screening for colorectal cancer vital to reduce mortality

22 Jul 2015

New drug combo could make cancer more sensitive to chemo

New drug combo could make cancer more sensitive to chemo

14 Jul 2015

Survival of the fittest: how brain tumours adapt through complex ecosystems

Survival of the fittest: how brain tumours adapt through complex ecosystems

Darren Ó hAilín 8 Jul 2015

New cancer Pioneer Award for revolutionary ideas

New cancer Pioneer Award for revolutionary ideas

1 Jul 2015

Former adman Conn Bertish makes cancer survival mobile

Former adman Conn Bertish makes cancer survival mobile

Leigh Andrews 15 Jun 2015

Men are 50% more likely to get oesophageal cancer than 30 years ago

7 Jun 2015

Discovery could improve radiotherapy for wide range of cancers

3 Jun 2015

Durban Oncology Centre receives international scale linear accelerator

Durban Oncology Centre receives international scale linear accelerator

21 Apr 2015

Melanoma's 'safe haven' targeted for shut-down

Melanoma's 'safe haven' targeted for shut-down

13 Apr 2015

Solving SA's national screening objectives, one community at a time

Solving SA's national screening objectives, one community at a time

7 Apr 2015

China-Africa Health Collaboration focused on universal health coverage

China-Africa Health Collaboration focused on universal health coverage

30 Mar 2015

When cancer costs are nearly as high as cost of cancer

When cancer costs are nearly as high as cost of cancer

19 Feb 2015

Pink mushroom punnets raise R400k+ for Reach for Recovery

19 Feb 2015

'Cancer will barely exist by 2050'

'Cancer will barely exist by 2050'

Laura Donnelly 30 Jan 2015

Managing melanoma, early detection could save your life

Managing melanoma, early detection could save your life

26 Jan 2015

Early detection and treatment key to beating male cancers

Early detection and treatment key to beating male cancers

20 Jan 2015

Relate bracelets Made in Movember on sale now

Relate bracelets Made in Movember on sale now

28 Oct 2014

Rolene Strauss with Dickson Nyamasoka who made the giant beaded ribbon.
Photo credit: Debbie Yazbek

Miss SA unveils giant wire exhibit for breast cancer awareness

22 Oct 2014

NEWSWATCH: Too bold or not bald enough?

NEWSWATCH: Too bold or not bald enough?

21 Oct 2014

Image courtesy of hin255 at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

More bone marrow donors needed in SA

10 Oct 2014

Identifying risk factors in cervical cancer

Identifying risk factors in cervical cancer

25 Sep 2014

Fighting prostate cancer with a tomato-rich diet

Fighting prostate cancer with a tomato-rich diet

28 Aug 2014

Pink Drive's Noelene Kotschan says that cancer is a killer but so is ignorance and people need to be educated about the dangers of cancer and treat it early. Image: Pink Drive

Free breast cancer screening at Pretoria Station

8 Aug 2014

New oncology pharmacy at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital

25 Jul 2014

Yale study finds some aggressive tumors silence genes that fight cancer

Yale study finds some aggressive tumors silence genes that fight cancer

Vicky Agnew 22 Jul 2014

R200,000 donation in aid of breast cancer

R200,000 donation in aid of breast cancer

11 Jul 2014

Cancer benefits for oncology programme members

Cancer benefits for oncology programme members

8 Jul 2014

Royal Philips launches EmboGuide

Royal Philips launches EmboGuide

4 Jul 2014

Sugar-coated cells are deadly for cancer patients

Sugar-coated cells are deadly for cancer patients

Melissa Osgood 2 Jul 2014

Leukaemia gene provides clue to treating triple negative breast cancer

Leukaemia gene provides clue to treating triple negative breast cancer

1 Jul 2014

Vital diagnostic equipment remains unrepaired at Gauteng hospitals and yet the budget for new equipment are not spent. Image:

Doctors blame province for equipment shortages

20 Jun 2014

Scientists discover new route to boost pancreatic cancer treatment

Scientists discover new route to boost pancreatic cancer treatment

4 Jun 2014

Scientists find new way to combat drug resistance in skin cancer

Scientists find new way to combat drug resistance in skin cancer

26 May 2014

Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, M.D.

Human Fat: A Trojan Horse to Fight Brain Cancer?

8 May 2014

Call for men to be tested for breast cancer

Call for men to be tested for breast cancer

1 Apr 2014

Cancer costs need to be contained

Cancer costs need to be contained

25 Mar 2014

Cancer rates are climbing in South Africa with Liberty paying our an increasing number of claims related to the disease. Image: Imagerymajestic

Cancer claims are on the rise, says Liberty

Phakamisa Ndzamela 24 Mar 2014

HPV vaccine campaign launched in Bloem

HPV vaccine campaign launched in Bloem

More Matshediso 13 Mar 2014

HPV vaccination campaign to be rolled out in schools

HPV vaccination campaign to be rolled out in schools

12 Mar 2014

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