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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 [...]

Through various projects Pink Lady® apples helps to raise funds annually for the Tygerberg Hospital’s Breast Clinic Transport Fund. The fund assists breast cancer patients financially for the transport to and from the hospital for treatment. Well known artist Solly [...]

This year, CANSA partnered with Professor Apffelstaedt and Pink Lady Apples for their care week campaign namely "Caring for the Carer". The campaign aimed to spoil and honour the nurses and social workers that care for the patients at Tygerberg [...]

  Date: Tygerburger - 23 April 2014    

Here are a few highlights from our Twitter feed in 2013. Make sure you’re following us at @Apffelstaedt1 for the latest breast health news, interview times and articles. If you have any specific breast cancer related question, feel free to [...]

SureTouch does not claim to be a substitute for proper breast cancer screening, but patients are being misled. "I was 16 when my mom died of breast cancer," says 28-year-old Monique Minnaar*. "Cancer is everywhere in my life so I [...]

Dis reeds traumaties om met borskanker gediagnoseer te word, en dan lê die pad na rekonstruktiewe chirurgie ook nog voor. Amanda de Lange het met ’n kenner hieroor gepraat. DIE behandeling van borskanker strek baie verder as om bloot die [...]

Dis reeds traumaties om met borskanker gediagnoseer te word, en dan lê die pad na rekonstruktiewe chirurgie ook nog voor. Amanda de Lange het met ’n kenner hieroor gepraat. Die behandeling van borskanker strek baie verder as om bloot die [...]

Did you know that a poor diet is thought to be partly responsible for 30 to 40% of all cancers? However, diet alone is unlikely to be the 'cause' or 'cure' of cancer. Research suggests that exercise, a healthy diet [...]

  Willem Kordon, a breast cancer survivor, says it's not just a women's issue. Picture: David Ritchie Cape Town - One week into breast cancer awareness month and Willem Kordon’s scar still aches to the left of where his nipple [...]

Here are answers to the most frequently asked questions about breast cancer diagnostic procedures.Is a biopsy always necessary to make an accurate diagnosis?To confirm the diagnosis of cancer in the breast, removal of a specimen from the lesion is required. [...]

Correspondence Not all is rosy with PinkDrive To the Editor: The Breast Interest Group of Southern Africa would like to respond to a recent article in the SAMJ 1 regarding the activities of PinkDrive in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. [...]

A preventative mastectomy might save your life if you are at high risk but it does not provide 100% protection from developing breast cancer. There is no evidence that a preventative mastectomy – the removal of a noncancerous breast – [...]

Research points to genetic faults brought to SA by three Dutch couples. If you are an Afrikaner or Jewish woman of Ashkenazi ancestry you could be at higher risk of developing breast cancer. Researchers from the University of Pretoria have [...]

“Die mees algemene gene waar ‘n defek tot borskanker kan lei, is die BRCA 1- en 2-geen,” vertel prof. Apffelstaedt. “Die risiko vir borskanker wat Jolie in die gesig gestaar het, is weens ‘n mutasie in die BRCA 1-geen. Kankers [...]

  Angelina Jolie, Oscar-bekroonde aktrise, het ’n voorkomende dubbele mastektomie ondergaan. Die 37-jarige Hollywood-aktrise het gister in ’n rubriek in The New York Times geskryf albei haar borste is verwyder nadat sy uitgevind het sy het ’n foutiewe geen wat [...]

KAAPSTAD. – Dit is nie óf jy borskanker gaan kry nie, maar wanneer. Dít is die harde werklikheid wanneer ’n foutiewe BRCA1- of BRCA2-geen by jou gediagnoseer word, het prof. Justus Apffelstaedt van die Universiteit Stellenbosch en hoof van die [...]