Liewe Albie – Rus in Vrede

Liewe Albie,   Saam het ons gelag en staaltjies vertel oor ons kaalkoppe. Rate is uitgeruil oor geswolle brand voete wat afdop en seer slymvliese na chemoterapie.   Saam het ons gehuil oor slegte nuus en weer ons koppe opgetel en die lewe omarm.   Menigte aande het ons saam gebid oor die telefoon voor skanderings en bloedtoetse!   [...]

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PLWC Cancer Buddy Booklet.

PLWC Cancer Buddy Booklet.

Please click on the title to view the latest edition of the PLWC Cancer Buddy Booklet.

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PLWC at Bara!

PLWC Cancer Buddies now at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (“Bara”). 21 November 2011. Pictured at the conclusion of the Cancer Buddies training course in October 2011 are, from left to right:   (Standing): Peter Hers (Chairman, PLWC Johannesburg); Snowy Maphakela, Agnes Mosebekoa, Raynolda Makhutwe, Bev du Toit (PLWC, course lecturer), Lehlohonolo Mokgobo, Sibongile Manyama [...]

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Motorfietstoer om kankerbewustheid te skep

Vanaf 16 – 24 September gaan Janie du Plessis en Lillian Dube saam met ‘n groot groep mans en vroue wat kanker oorkom het of steeds kanker het, die land op motorfietse deurkruis om hulle stories te vertel. “Toe ek die nuus kry dat ek met testikulêre kanker gediagnoseer is, het my lewe onmiddellik verander. [...]

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Buddy Support Network

The buddy support network offers a “buddy” support network where cancer patients can interact with and receive advice and support from cancer survivors who have a similar profile, disease and treatment protocol

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Linda Greeff at The UN!

I have just returned from New York after the gathering of 42 Global  Cancer Ambassadors  from around the world . We met for training with the  American Cancer Society taking the lead in preparing us to meet with our countries UN delegation to lobby support for the important  UN High-level  Meeting on NCDs in September [...]

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How to curb Cancer, by UN Deputy Secretary-General.

By Olukorede Yishau. 22 June 2011. United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro yesterday said cancer and other Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) could be curbed, if governments, the private sector, academia and scientists join forces against them. Migiro spoke at the UN Secretariat, New York during a Media Forum on NCDs, which was organised by the [...]

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Buddy support network

The buddy support network offers a “buddy” support network where cancer patients can interact with and receive advice and support from cancer survivors who have a similar profile, disease and treatment protocol

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Call to Action – Official Launch

  Help Make Cancer a Global Priority . Official Launch of the Call to Action  after Voice of Cancer Meeting held in Cape Town  in May 2011. Join the global movement to bring cancer under control in this century. Cancer is a leading cause of death globally, with 1 in 8 deaths worldwide due to [...]

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Janie du Plessis het jou hulp nodig!

Janie du Plessis het jou hulp nodig!

Janie en haar span soek ‘n naam vir hulle kanker-bewusmakingsveldtog. Help haar, en jy kan wen met Revlon. Kliek op die link vir meer inligting en die wedstrydinskrywingsvorm. Die kompetisie eindig 31 Mei 2011. http://www.sarie.com/bekendes/het-jy-gehoor/janie-du-plessis-het-jou-hulp-nodig/

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Baie kankerlyers sterf weens rompslomp

  Baie mense in Suid-Afrika wat behandelbare kanker het, sterf  daaraan omdat hulle weens rompslomp tot agt of meer maande op behandeling in staatshospitale wag. “Mense se kanse op oorlewing is sleg omdat die prosesse wat gebruik word, swak is, “  het me. Linda Greeff, direkteur van People Living With Cancer, gister hier op ‘n [...]

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