24 March 2016 My Cape Town Brothers once again take on Cape Epic to ride for the Tygerberg Hospital Breast Clinic Pink Lady® apples and Tru-Cape are once again co-sponsoring two mountain bikers to ride the Cape Epic as part of [...]
Willowbridge Shopping Centre together with Goji Spa and The Barnyard Theatre hosted a breakfast on Monday 26 October 2015, to raise awareness around breast cancer. Prof Justus Apffelstaedt, Head of the Breast Clinic at Tygerberg Hospital and Associate Professor of [...]
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) [...]
Breast Ultrasound Course 2015 On the 23rd of May, Apffelstaedt and Associates presented the second annual Breast Ultrasound Course. The course was directed at clinicians who wanted to broaden their practice to include breast ultrasound and at radiologists and radiographers who [...]
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 [...]
Hanekom brothers ride the Cape Epic in support of the Tygerberg Hospital Breast Clinic Pink Lady® apples and Tru-Cape are co-sponsoring two mountain bikers to ride the Cape Epic as part of their fundraising initiative, the Tygerberg Hospital Breast Clinic [...]
Kan die 'kankerdieet' help? Die ketogeniese kankerdieet (baie lae koolhidrate en hoë vet) en die moontlike voor- en nadele daarvan, het omtrent ’n storm in die media ontketen. Onkoloë sê elke tweede pasiënt vra uit oor die waarde van die [...]
Number of breast tumour patients tripled Lisa Isaacs THERE has been an “explosion” of breast cancer incidence in developing countries, with the number of breast cancer patients on the increase, says Tygerberg Hospital Breast Clinic head and University of Stellenbosch [...]
Pink Lady® apples together with Tru-Cape Marketing hosted their fifth annual Crafts for Cancer workshop on Saturday, 25 October 2014 at D’Aria function venue, Durbanville. Every year this event is held to raise funds for the Tygerberg Hospital’s Breast Clinic [...]
Pink Lady® apples together with Tru-Cape Marketing hosted their fifth annual Crafts for Cancer workshop on Saturday, 25 October 2014 at D’Aria function venue, Durbanville. Every year this event is held to raise funds for the Tygerberg Hospital’s Breast Clinic [...]
Professor Apffelstaedt was invited to talk about breast cancer at a women's breakfast at Val de Vie. The event took place on Saturday, 11 October and about 50 guests attended the function.
Professor Apffesltaedt was invited as keynote speaker at the Hats and Roses Champagne Brunch. The ladies event took place on the 4th of October 2014 in Windhoek, Namibia. Here are a few highlights in pictures.
On Saturday, 11 October Professor Justus Apffelstaedt will be talking about everything you should know about breast cancer at the Cuppa for CANSA event at Val de Vie. Tickets cost R150 p/p and include breakfast and a performance by Emile [...]
On Saturday, 18 October professor Apffelstaedt will be talking about "What we need to know about breast cancer" at Creation Wines, Hermanus. For more information and ticket sales, please email Carolyn Martin at carolyn@creationwines.com. Proceedings will go towards the Tygerberg [...]
On Saturday, 20 September the Thornton Methodist Church ladies group is hosting a Breast Cancer talk at the church hall (cnr of Cypress and Chestnut Street). Karlien La Douce and Dr Zakira Parker from Professor Justus Apffelstaedt and Associates will [...]
On Friday, 29 August over 30 doctors, surgeons, radiologists and radiographers congregated for the 2014 Breast Ultrasound Course held at Encore Conference Centre, Plattekloof. The course had two components, firstly lectures were presented by Prof Justus P Apffelstaedt and Associates [...]
