Access to Cancer Treatment in South Africa

Published on Jun 24, 2015 This documentary insert looks at the dire lack of Cancer treatment in the public health sector. Only two state hospitals in the Gauteng region offer full line chemotherapy and radiation treatment – resulting in long waiting list of patients and a backlog of referrals from other provinces and rural areas. […]

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Fibrolamellar Liver Cancer Research

Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma is a liver cancer that strikes mostly teens and young adults.  Fibrolamellar represents less than 1% of teen and young adult cancers, but that doesn’t mean it is insignificant.    Because it is so rare, very little is known about Fibrolamellar. Until now. Research teams are now working on it with the […]

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When Cancer Strikes Young ~ The Stream

Al Jazeera ~ The Stream aired an online discussion about Childhood Cancer on Tuesday 22 September, 2015. The Little Fighters Cancer Trust would like to share this video with you so that you can get an idea of what Childhood cancer is all about, “from the horse’s mouth” so to speak

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Help & Prayers Needed for Heini

Little (Heini) Heinrich van Straaten has been one of Little Fighters Cancer Trust’s very brave Little Fighters for a few years now – you can read his full story here. Heini was diagnosed with Epydymoma (malignant) brain cancer on the 12th November 2012, at the age of 3. He was transferred from George Hospital and […]

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Little Fighter Miche’s Message to YOU!

[vimeo 137926329 w=500 h=281] This is a personal message uploaded by 16 year old Miche, one of our Little Fighters who has been battling osteosarcoma for the past 6 years. Miche has had 21 operations over the past 6 years, and is now in remission for the past year, but she has a very important […]

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No One Fights Alone

Christian Spear puts on her headphones and closes her eyes as she stands next to a purple microphone. The former American Idol contestant is not on the stage performing in front of thousands, and she’s not competing in a television program anymore, but she is performing with all of the same passion. She is singing […]

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