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This World Cancer Day, We are Closing the Cancer Care Gap
PRESS RELEASE 4th February 2022 This World Cancer Day 2022, CancerAware calls on the Government of Nigeria to give the rising cancer...

CancerAware
Feb 4, 20223 min read
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The #14000Reasons HPV Vaccination Campaign
We are starting 2022 with a spotlight on our #14000Reasons HPV Vaccination advocacy campaign. Every day in Nigeria, about 22 women die...

CancerAware
Jan 4, 20221 min read
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A Note from the Founder
As 2021 winds down, we share a year end message from our Founder and Executive Director on 7 years of CancerAware's impact in the...

CancerAware
Dec 31, 20211 min read
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Beneficiary Testimonial
BENEFICIARY TESTIMONIAL "My name is Olatunji Oluwawemimo. My wife was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 2021. This brought so much change...

CancerAware
Dec 24, 20211 min read
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Herbal remedies cannot cure cancer
We are seeing far too many cases of individuals who are refusing conventional treatment after being diagnosed with breast cancer and...

CancerAware
Nov 18, 20211 min read
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You Are Not Alone
If you or your loved one have been diagnosed with Metastatic (Stage 4) Breast Cancer please reach out to us via our MobiPink Breast...

CancerAware
Nov 3, 20211 min read
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Every Month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month may be over, but at CancerAware we won't rest until every woman in Nigeria is educated and informed about...

CancerAware
Nov 1, 20212 min read
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Caregiver Testimonial: Joshua Paul
"My name is Joshua Paul. My late mother, Mrs Mary Paul was diagnosed with breast cancer at the National Hospital, Abuja. We were worried,...

CancerAware
Oct 31, 20211 min read
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List of Breast Screening Centres in Nigeria
We have put together a list of some diagnostic centres across Nigeria where breast screening and other investigations can be done. LAGOS...

CancerAware
Oct 23, 20213 min read
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Going through Breast Cancer
Being diagnosed or having a loved one that has just been diagnosed with breast cancer can cause a lot of physical and mental changes for...

CancerAware
Oct 20, 20211 min read
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Men get breast cancer too
MYTH: Men don't get breast cancer. FACT: Men may not think of themselves as having breasts; however, the fact is men have breast tissue....

CancerAware
Oct 18, 20211 min read
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Assessing your Breast Cancer Risk
Most women diagnosed with breast cancer don’t have a family history of the disease. They are the first in their family to have it....

CancerAware
Oct 12, 20212 min read
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No Evidence of Disease
No Evidence of Disease (NED) is a term used when examination and tests can find no cancer in a person who has been treated for cancer. No...

CancerAware
Oct 7, 20211 min read
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Breast Cancer is now the most common cancer globally
Breast cancer is now the number one cancer in the world. In the last year, breast cancer has overtaken lung cancer as the world’s mostly...

CancerAware
Oct 7, 20213 min read
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Breast Reconstruction after a Mastectomy
If a woman has had a mastectomy because of Breast Cancer she may choose to have reconstructive plastic surgery. It can restore symmetry...

CancerAware
Oct 5, 20210 min read
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My Shocking Breast Cancer Diagnosis at 21
"My name is Onanaiye Abisola Adejumoke, I am 21 years old. In February 2020, I felt a lump in my right breast which we thought was...

CancerAware
Oct 4, 20210 min read
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#31DaysOfPINK Breast Cancer Campaign 2021
We have begun the 5th edition of our #31DaysOfPINK Breast Cancer Campaign. This October, we are again raising funds for the treatment of...

CancerAware
Oct 2, 20210 min read
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Abnormal Cervical Screening Test Results
#GynaecologicalCancerAwarenessMonth You have finally heeded the call and got your Cervical Screening test done. You get your results and...

CancerAware
Sep 23, 20210 min read
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COVID-19: What Patients with Cancer Should Know
Cancer and its accompanying treatments can lower the body's ability to fight infection. Individuals facing cancer and their families...

CancerAware
Aug 19, 20213 min read
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Alcohol caused more than 740000 cancer cases in 2020.
Alcohol is estimated to have caused more than 740,000 cancer cases around the world last year, and experts say more needs to be done to...

CancerAware
Jul 23, 20211 min read
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