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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Xuané… a Reason to Smile Part 25

Xuané Niewenhuis 17 August 2006 – 24 October 2014 Forever ^8^ Xuané… a Reason to Smile By: Theresa Botha Nieuwenhuis Although I still cry many days… and I believe it will always be so, I go to bed every night with a clear conscience and know she is in safe hands. She is where she […]

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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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Xuané… a Reason to Smile Part 24

Xuané Niewenhuis 17 August 2006 – 24 October 2014 Forever ^8^ Xuané… a Reason to Smile By: Theresa Botha Nieuwenhuis People compare their pain with that of the parents’. But I have news for you. It’s totally different. Yes, they also lost someone important who meant a lot to them, but for a mother and […]

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Xuané… a Reason to Smile Part 23

Xuané Niewenhuis 17 August 2006 – 24 October 2014 Forever ^8^ Xuané… a Reason to Smile By: Theresa Botha Nieuwenhuis On the 3rd of February I returned to a place which I thought would never see me again and to which I did not want to go. I forced myself to do that which I […]

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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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