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#OrchidsandOnions: Spar reminds us why we're special with Christmas ad

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Inflationary pressures see alcohol and fast food purchases decline

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Mattel scrambles after Wicked doll packaging links to explicit site

SAB triumphs with 9 Effie Awards, cementing its position as SA's Most Effective Marketer

Best of local talent named at the National Film & TV Awards South Africa 2024

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Liberty introduces innovative new cancer cover

Coping with breast cancer surgery

Coping with breast cancer surgery

4 Oct 2024

Public-private collaboration: Could this breakthrough model lead the future of national health?

Public-private collaboration: Could this breakthrough model lead the future of national health?

10 Sep 2024

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Immunogene therapy combined with standard treatment is safe for patients with brain tumors

Immunogene therapy combined with standard treatment is safe for patients with brain tumors

17 Aug 2011

Landmark ovarian cancer discovery as scientists unveil high risk gene

Landmark ovarian cancer discovery as scientists unveil high risk gene

16 Aug 2011

New cancer imaging technique uses vitamin C to detect more aggressive tumours

New cancer imaging technique uses vitamin C to detect more aggressive tumours

16 Aug 2011

NHI costs will rise to R225 billion in 15 years

NHI costs will rise to R225 billion in 15 years

12 Aug 2011

US study urges caution with lenalidomide dosage

US study urges caution with lenalidomide dosage

12 Aug 2011

World Lymphoma Awareness Day

World Lymphoma Awareness Day

12 Aug 2011

Leukaemia tumours destroyed in gene therapy breakthrough

11 Aug 2011

Roadblocking cancer: How combo therapies can overcome drug resistance in melanoma

Roadblocking cancer: How combo therapies can overcome drug resistance in melanoma

Kim Irwin 3 Aug 2011

Deadly aerials?

Deadly aerials?

3 Aug 2011

Project Phakamisa goes national: Helping breast cancer patients help themselves

Project Phakamisa goes national: Helping breast cancer patients help themselves

2 Aug 2011

Researchers understand why smokers' lungs don't get better

Researchers understand why smokers' lungs don't get better

1 Aug 2011

Bowel cancer risk doubles for UK men

1 Aug 2011

Fight against tobacco gathers steam

Fight against tobacco gathers steam

29 Jul 2011

'Sponge on a string' trial launched to try and prevent deadly oesophageal cancer

'Sponge on a string' trial launched to try and prevent deadly oesophageal cancer

28 Jul 2011

Height gives clue to cancer

28 Jul 2011

Yes to cannabis - no to cancer

Yes to cannabis - no to cancer

22 Jul 2011

Projects launched to crack the cancer code

Projects launched to crack the cancer code

19 Jul 2011

Yes, men get breast cancer too

Yes, men get breast cancer too

19 Jul 2011

Indirubin: Component of Chinese herbal remedy might block brain tumour's spread

Indirubin: Component of Chinese herbal remedy might block brain tumour's spread

18 Jul 2011

Researchers discover new airway stem cell

Researchers discover new airway stem cell

Kim Irwin 14 Jul 2011

(Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Lung cancer test results are unreliable

13 Jul 2011

Nearly all US patients with high-grade bladder cancer don't get recommended care

Nearly all US patients with high-grade bladder cancer don't get recommended care

Kim Irwin 12 Jul 2011

Scientists unlock further prostate cancer secrets

Scientists unlock further prostate cancer secrets

11 Jul 2011

Just add water and... treat brain cancer

Just add water and... treat brain cancer

8 Jul 2011

Women more influenced by attractive tobacco packaging

Women more influenced by attractive tobacco packaging

8 Jul 2011

Sun beds: Paying good money to risk getting cancer?

Sun beds: Paying good money to risk getting cancer?

8 Jul 2011

DNA Integrity Index: Future for cancer detection?

6 Jul 2011

Man's best friend is helping us to understand cancer in humans better

Man's best friend is helping us to understand cancer in humans better

1 Jul 2011

False negative tests in breast cancer may lead to wrong drug choice

False negative tests in breast cancer may lead to wrong drug choice

1 Jul 2011

(Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Study shows effective method of lung cancer screening

1 Jul 2011

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Immunogene therapy combined with standard treatment is safe for patients with brain tumors

Immunogene therapy combined with standard treatment is safe for patients with brain tumors

17 Aug 2011

Landmark ovarian cancer discovery as scientists unveil high risk gene

Landmark ovarian cancer discovery as scientists unveil high risk gene

16 Aug 2011

New cancer imaging technique uses vitamin C to detect more aggressive tumours

New cancer imaging technique uses vitamin C to detect more aggressive tumours

16 Aug 2011

NHI costs will rise to R225 billion in 15 years

NHI costs will rise to R225 billion in 15 years

12 Aug 2011

US study urges caution with lenalidomide dosage

US study urges caution with lenalidomide dosage

12 Aug 2011

World Lymphoma Awareness Day

World Lymphoma Awareness Day

12 Aug 2011

Leukaemia tumours destroyed in gene therapy breakthrough

11 Aug 2011

Roadblocking cancer: How combo therapies can overcome drug resistance in melanoma

Roadblocking cancer: How combo therapies can overcome drug resistance in melanoma

Kim Irwin 3 Aug 2011

Deadly aerials?

Deadly aerials?

3 Aug 2011

Project Phakamisa goes national: Helping breast cancer patients help themselves

Project Phakamisa goes national: Helping breast cancer patients help themselves

2 Aug 2011

Researchers understand why smokers' lungs don't get better

Researchers understand why smokers' lungs don't get better

1 Aug 2011

Bowel cancer risk doubles for UK men

1 Aug 2011

Fight against tobacco gathers steam

Fight against tobacco gathers steam

29 Jul 2011

'Sponge on a string' trial launched to try and prevent deadly oesophageal cancer

'Sponge on a string' trial launched to try and prevent deadly oesophageal cancer

28 Jul 2011

Height gives clue to cancer

28 Jul 2011

Yes to cannabis - no to cancer

Yes to cannabis - no to cancer

22 Jul 2011

Projects launched to crack the cancer code

Projects launched to crack the cancer code

19 Jul 2011

Yes, men get breast cancer too

Yes, men get breast cancer too

19 Jul 2011

Indirubin: Component of Chinese herbal remedy might block brain tumour's spread

Indirubin: Component of Chinese herbal remedy might block brain tumour's spread

18 Jul 2011

Researchers discover new airway stem cell

Researchers discover new airway stem cell

Kim Irwin 14 Jul 2011

(Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Lung cancer test results are unreliable

13 Jul 2011

Nearly all US patients with high-grade bladder cancer don't get recommended care

Nearly all US patients with high-grade bladder cancer don't get recommended care

Kim Irwin 12 Jul 2011

Scientists unlock further prostate cancer secrets

Scientists unlock further prostate cancer secrets

11 Jul 2011

Just add water and... treat brain cancer

Just add water and... treat brain cancer

8 Jul 2011

Women more influenced by attractive tobacco packaging

Women more influenced by attractive tobacco packaging

8 Jul 2011

Sun beds: Paying good money to risk getting cancer?

Sun beds: Paying good money to risk getting cancer?

8 Jul 2011

DNA Integrity Index: Future for cancer detection?

6 Jul 2011

Man's best friend is helping us to understand cancer in humans better

Man's best friend is helping us to understand cancer in humans better

1 Jul 2011

False negative tests in breast cancer may lead to wrong drug choice

False negative tests in breast cancer may lead to wrong drug choice

1 Jul 2011

(Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Study shows effective method of lung cancer screening

1 Jul 2011

UK research spend on cancer doubles within a decade; most fatal cancers see investment

UK research spend on cancer doubles within a decade; most fatal cancers see investment

29 Jun 2011

Completely new approach to cancer vaccines proves successful in early studies

Completely new approach to cancer vaccines proves successful in early studies

23 Jun 2011

Slow growth of childhood brain tumours explained

Slow growth of childhood brain tumours explained

23 Jun 2011

Up to half of deaths in men from prostate cancer are directly due to the disease

Up to half of deaths in men from prostate cancer are directly due to the disease

17 Jun 2011

Glowing dots used in cancer diagnosis?

Glowing dots used in cancer diagnosis?

17 Jun 2011

Breast cancer cases on the rise, except in US

Breast cancer cases on the rise, except in US

15 Jun 2011

Research identifies how cancer cells cheat death

Research identifies how cancer cells cheat death

Kathy Wallis 13 Jun 2011

Low-dose sorafenib may improve therapy for head and neck cancer

Low-dose sorafenib may improve therapy for head and neck cancer

9 Jun 2011

An x-ray image of a chest. Both sides of the lungs are visible with a growth on the left side of the lung, which could possibly be lung cancer. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Benefit of targeted lung cancer therapy confirmed

8 Jun 2011

Gene change identifies brain cancer patients that respond better to treatment

Gene change identifies brain cancer patients that respond better to treatment

8 Jun 2011