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Empowering Survivors:
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of Samantha Galliét. A breast cancer survivor who is advocating for patient rights.
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There are many myths surrounding cancer and tobacco. Journalists
from several African countries recently gathered in Dar es Salaam
for the continent's largest cancer meeting where they identified
the myths most prevalent in their countries.
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Cancer and Tobacco Control
Armstrong on a cancer stigma mission 12.03.2010 Anso Thom  Cancer activist and one of history’s greatest cyclists Lance Armstrong has called on the 38 000 Argus participants to paint the race yellow on Sunday when they line up for the world’s biggest organised cycle race.
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Lance meets fellow survivors
12.03.2010 Anso Thom They sat in little excited huddles of four around tables in the long, narrow hospital room. Some old, some younger, some still children. Many of them had bald heads, despite their young age, while others covered their hair loss with scarves.
Read more | | Hi-tech cancer treatment centre a first
12.03.2010 Johannesburg, A much needed cancer treatment centre that offers fully inclusive oncology services to the people of the East Rand was officially opened at the Netcare Clinton Hospital in Alberton yesterday.
Read more | Anti-smoking campaign scoops a prize in BMJ Group Awards
11.03.2010 A campaign of financial incentives to help quit smoking; a project to help change attitudes of doctors to patients; and research into the prevention of death from severe malaria in children will scoop three of the top prizes at the second international BMJ Group Awards ceremony tonight (10 March 2010).
Read more | | Tobacco control a no-brainer
10.03.2010 OPINION: Recent legislation to strengthen tobacco control policy in South Africa is a progressive step to protect the public health of the country. By Evan Blecher.
Read more | CANSA internationally recognised for its no-tobacco campaign
01.03.2010 The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) was recently awarded with the 2009 World No Tobacco Day Achievement Award presented to CANSA CEO, Sue Janse van Rensburg by Dr Stella Anyangwe, World Health Organization Representative in South Africa, at a recently hosted Symposium on Environmental Carcinogens in Pretoria in honour of World Cancer Day held on 4 February 2010.
Read more | | Governments celebrate five years of anti-tobacco convention
01.03.2010 A ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was held today in Geneva headquarters of the World Health Organization.
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Tobacco control a no-brainer
Recent legislation to strengthen tobacco control policy in South Africa is a progressive step to protect the public health of the country. By Evan Blecher, an Economist in the International Tobacco Control Research Program at the American Cancer Society.
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