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'Millions' abandoning cancer treatment in sub-Saharan Africa
Treatment abandonment is a major reason for sub-Saharan Africa’s growing cancer death rates. CancerAware's Executive Director, Tolulope...

CancerAware
Apr 13, 20231 min read


Coping with your feelings
There is a certain vulnerability that can come with going through cancer. Receiving a cancer diagnosis usually starts off with the shock...

CancerAware
Apr 11, 20231 min read


World Health Day
April 7 - Today is World Health Day. In 1948, countries of the world came together and founded WHO to promote health, keep the world safe...

CancerAware
Apr 7, 20231 min read


The Community is at the heart of our work
At CancerAware, we go the extra mile to get the message of prevention and early detection to our communities. We believe every woman...

CancerAware
Apr 1, 20231 min read


Getting a Second Opinion
Do you need a second opinion consultation with a cancer specialist? Our #AskTheSpecialist service gives you access to medical experts on...

CancerAware
Mar 30, 20231 min read


Metastatic Breast Cancer E-Book
In 2020, we launched our Metastatic Breast Cancer Q&A Guide to help address and answer pertinent questions around the subject of advanced...

CancerAware
Mar 13, 20231 min read


Abnormal Cervical Screening Results
You have finally heeded the call and got your cervical screening test done. You get your results and it says “Abnormal test result." You...

CancerAware
Mar 10, 20231 min read


International Women's Day 2023
Today is International Women's Day and the theme for this year's campaign is #EmbraceEquity On #IWD2023 and beyond, everyone, everywhere...

CancerAware
Mar 8, 20232 min read


What's in your skincare products?
Many of the everyday products we use especially beauty and skincare products contain endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). These...

CancerAware
Feb 18, 20231 min read


Breast Self Exams
Ladies, when last did you do a breast self examination? Breast self examinations are best done the week after your period ends and you...

CancerAware
Feb 18, 20231 min read


Benign vs Malignant
Benign is used to describe a tumor that is not cancerous while malignant tumors are cancerous. Not every lump found in a breast is...

CancerAware
Feb 17, 20231 min read


Galentine's Day
Galentine's Day (noun) : February 13, a non-official holiday, is marked as a day for celebrating female friendships and relationships....

CancerAware
Feb 17, 20231 min read


Cervical Screening Tests
The goal of cervical screening tests is to find pre-cancers when it is more treatable and curable. Regular screening can help prevent...

CancerAware
Feb 11, 20231 min read


World Cancer Day 2023
Today is World Cancer Day. Did you know that in 2020 over 600,000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer and an estimated 340,000...

CancerAware
Feb 4, 20232 min read


Ask the Specialist
Our "Ask the Specialist" service enables you put your questions on any aspect of breast and gynaecological cancers to our medical...

CancerAware
Feb 2, 20231 min read


Cervical Cancer: Am I At Risk?
A risk factor is anything that increases an individual's chances of getting a disease. Some of the risk factors of Cervical Cancer...

CancerAware
Jan 19, 20231 min read


Get your health checked
Health is wealth and having regular health and wellness checks is one way to ensure you stay in optimal health. In partnership with our...

CancerAware
Jan 15, 20231 min read


Cervical cancer is preventable
Almost 99% of all Cervical Cancer cases are linked to infection with high- risk human papilomaviruses (HPV). When diagnosed at the local...

CancerAware
Jan 13, 20231 min read


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
Dec 22, 20221 min read


HRT and Breast Cancer Risk
Did you know that there is an increased breast cancer risk whilst taking combined HRT (synthetic estrogen and progesterone), and this...

CancerAware
Nov 23, 20221 min read
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