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Many women mistakenly believe that mastectomy is the only or the safest way of dealing with their cancer.

Breasts: Five things to know about them and their care

Laura López González -
Survivor: Thulani Sibisi

#SowetoMarathon: Why this prostate cancer survivor is running today

Ina Skosana -
Why is prostate cancer more aggressive in black men?

Why is prostate cancer more aggressive in black men?

Bhekisisa Team -
Less than 3 % of South African infants are exclusively breastfed for the recommended six months

Four reasons why breast is best: Babies are smarter, healthier and...

Laura López González -
As multiple drug suppliers are failing to keep up with demand

South Africa faces paediatric cancer drug shortage as suppliers fail to...

Laura López González -
As multiple drug suppliers are failing to keep up with demand

Millions are denied morphine that will free them from pain

Fatia Kiyange -
Skin cancer places a burden on the South African healthcare system.

The cost of skin cancer: South Africa is spending more than...

Caradee Yael Wright and Louisa Griffin -
Activists gather at the offices of Roche in Johannesburg to protest against the high price of Herceptin

‘Roche holds cancer patients to ransom’ – activists

Mia Malan -
A 12-month course of Herceptin costs R151 520 in South Africa because of patent protection

‘I think I’m going to die,’ SA patient desperate for cancer...

Amy Green -
Tipping point: A frustrated Mmanopi Molapo confronts the MEC about not being able to get her medication.

Health MEC’s deadly PR parade

Amy Green and Mia Malan -
Cape Town photographer

Mo Bros face the figures – and it’s going to be...

Amy Green -
Keeping abreast: The SureTouch clinical breast examination machine is marketed as an alternative to a mammogram.

Touch-and-go breast tech is no substitute for mammograms

Amy Green and Ina Skosana -
As multiple drug suppliers are failing to keep up with demand

Generic cancer drug – access not guaranteed

Mara Kardas-Nelson -
National health director general Precious Matsoso raised fears this week that the burden created by non-communicable diseases may pose a threat to the future National Health Insurance system.

Lifestyle diseases threaten NHI

Ina Skosana -
Mammography is still the gold standard of breast screening.

Double mastectomy – a drastic measure

Sydney Masinga -
Research on carcinogens in the environment led to tobacco laws that helped to decrease the number of smokers in South Africa.

Death knell for cancer research

Dr Carl Alrecht -
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