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Architect prepares oncology patients for KZN's first holistic healing retreat

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

Mario Oriani-Ambrosini received a standing ovation in Parliament after his plea for medical marijuana. Image: YouTube

Oriani-Ambrosini's plea for medical marijuana

21 Feb 2014

Move to healthy lifestyle this February

7 Feb 2014

Support World Cancer Day today

Support World Cancer Day today

4 Feb 2014

Regular skin check-ups essential in African climate

Regular skin check-ups essential in African climate

24 Jan 2014

CANSA Shavathon starts in February

20 Jan 2014

Tobacco warning saves millions of lives

Tobacco warning saves millions of lives

13 Jan 2014

Ethnic differences in breast cancer rates linked to lifestyle

Ethnic differences in breast cancer rates linked to lifestyle

13 Jan 2014

Wits medical students excel in specialist examinations

Wits medical students excel in specialist examinations

9 Jan 2014

Yale team uses cells to expand nature's repertoire

Yale team uses cells to expand nature's repertoire

Bill Hathaway 17 Dec 2013

Prevent proteins folding and you may stop cancer growing

Prevent proteins folding and you may stop cancer growing

3 Dec 2013

Neil Kirby wants cancer drugs to be donated to patients. Image: Werksmans

Call for free cancer drugs for all

20 Nov 2013

Redirecting our immune cells to help fight children's cancer

Redirecting our immune cells to help fight children's cancer

8 Nov 2013

IVF conception not linked to increased childhood cancer risk

IVF conception not linked to increased childhood cancer risk

7 Nov 2013

Liane Philpotts, MD, says 3-D mammography is a "win-win-win" that will continue to improve breast screening.

Breast screening: The new high-tech, simpler approach

6 Nov 2013

Pollution causes 8-year-old's lung cancer

Pollution causes 8-year-old's lung cancer

5 Nov 2013

'Too cool to smoke' campaign launches in November

'Too cool to smoke' campaign launches in November

4 Nov 2013

Outdoor air pollution a leading cause of cancer: WHO

21 Oct 2013

Successfully treating leukaemia

15 Oct 2013

Image courtesy of dream designs /

'Jekyll-and-Hyde' protein offers a new route to cancer drugs

1 Oct 2013

European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for afatinib monotherapy

27 Sep 2013

Cancer survivor can't get life assurance

Cancer survivor can't get life assurance

25 Sep 2013

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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

Mario Oriani-Ambrosini received a standing ovation in Parliament after his plea for medical marijuana. Image: YouTube

Oriani-Ambrosini's plea for medical marijuana

21 Feb 2014

Move to healthy lifestyle this February

7 Feb 2014

Support World Cancer Day today

Support World Cancer Day today

4 Feb 2014

Regular skin check-ups essential in African climate

Regular skin check-ups essential in African climate

24 Jan 2014

CANSA Shavathon starts in February

20 Jan 2014

Tobacco warning saves millions of lives

Tobacco warning saves millions of lives

13 Jan 2014

Ethnic differences in breast cancer rates linked to lifestyle

Ethnic differences in breast cancer rates linked to lifestyle

13 Jan 2014

Wits medical students excel in specialist examinations

Wits medical students excel in specialist examinations

9 Jan 2014

Yale team uses cells to expand nature's repertoire

Yale team uses cells to expand nature's repertoire

Bill Hathaway 17 Dec 2013

Prevent proteins folding and you may stop cancer growing

Prevent proteins folding and you may stop cancer growing

3 Dec 2013

Neil Kirby wants cancer drugs to be donated to patients. Image: Werksmans

Call for free cancer drugs for all

20 Nov 2013

Redirecting our immune cells to help fight children's cancer

Redirecting our immune cells to help fight children's cancer

8 Nov 2013

IVF conception not linked to increased childhood cancer risk

IVF conception not linked to increased childhood cancer risk

7 Nov 2013

Liane Philpotts, MD, says 3-D mammography is a "win-win-win" that will continue to improve breast screening.

Breast screening: The new high-tech, simpler approach

6 Nov 2013

Pollution causes 8-year-old's lung cancer

Pollution causes 8-year-old's lung cancer

5 Nov 2013

'Too cool to smoke' campaign launches in November

'Too cool to smoke' campaign launches in November

4 Nov 2013

Outdoor air pollution a leading cause of cancer: WHO

21 Oct 2013

Successfully treating leukaemia

15 Oct 2013

Image courtesy of dream designs /

'Jekyll-and-Hyde' protein offers a new route to cancer drugs

1 Oct 2013

European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for afatinib monotherapy

27 Sep 2013

Cancer survivor can't get life assurance

Cancer survivor can't get life assurance

25 Sep 2013

UCT to host paediatric brain tumour workshop

17 Sep 2013

The brown stain shows the presence of the protein NY-ESO-1 in this human meningioma sample. Nuclei are stained in purple. Gilson Baia

Johns Hopkins researchers find promising therapeutic target for hard-to-treat brain tumor

3 Sep 2013

Image courtesy of Praisaeng /

Lung disease and melanoma: a common molecular mechanism?

26 Aug 2013

Pfizer Mental Health Journalism Fellowship Awards 2013/14

Pfizer Mental Health Journalism Fellowship Awards 2013/14

15 Aug 2013

Nearly all men survive testicular cancer

Nearly all men survive testicular cancer

1 Aug 2013

PMB gets first endobronchial ultrasound scan bronchoscope

30 Jul 2013

Suffocating tumours could lead to new cancer drugs

Suffocating tumours could lead to new cancer drugs

29 Jul 2013

Cancer survivors take to the road to bring hope and awareness

Cancer survivors take to the road to bring hope and awareness

23 Jul 2013

New research to revolutionise understanding of lung cancer

New research to revolutionise understanding of lung cancer

18 Jul 2013

inacea, left, fish oil, centre, and glucosamine pills are shown in San Francisco. Eating a lot of oily fish or taking potent fish oil supplements may increase a man's risk of developing prostate cancer, new research suggests.

Too much fish oil might boost prostate cancer risk, study says

Steven Reinberg 17 Jul 2013

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