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October 22 2015 By Sipokazi Fokazi  The Automated Breast Volume Scanner System is being lauded by breast cancer experts as a game-changer in the screening of the disease. Cape Town - Women with dense breast tissue that makes it difficult [...]

Pink Lady apples together with Tru-Cape Marketing hosted their sixth annual Crafts for Cancerworkshop on Saturday, 19 of September at D’Aria function venue, Durbanville. At a sold-out event, a record 95 ladies participated this year resulting in R65 000 being [...]

Prof Justus Apffelstaedt – There have been several studies into the link between breast cancer survival and the ‘sunshine vitamin’ – vitamin D. Although it is too early to refer to vitamin D as a new weapon in our arsenal, [...]

Automated Breast Ultrasound The only Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS) machine for Breast Cancer Screening in South Africa is now available at Apffelstaedt & Associates. IN A boost for the early detection of breast cancer, the first Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS) [...]

Borskanker: 5 dinge wat jy móét weet By: Salomé Delport As jy of iemand in jou familie borskanker het, moet julle dié dinge weet oor toetsing, risiko’s en die lewe daarna. Ons het kenners gevra om hul beste raad met [...]

Thermography no mammography alternative The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a statement that thermography is not an alternative to mammography, and local experts agree. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a statement that thermography [...]