People Living with Cancer

Immunotherapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer

Immunotherapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer
Johannes Vieweg, MD

The absence of curative therapies for advanced or recurrent forms of prostate cancer mandates continued development of novel, more effective treatment regimens……
To read more:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1831540/

Lymphoma News

Lymphoma Newsletter 1-2010

HER2 Positive Breast Cancer Support

Introduction to the Community

Welcome to the HER2 community page site. This is your opportunity to talk to other people who have been affected by breast cancer – patients, survivors, husbands, partners, sons, daughters and good friends.
Become part of this community. Subscription is free. Write about your experiences. Your journey. The highs. The lows. The love [...]

AmaBele Belles

We are the first Breast Cancer Survivor Dragon Boat Racing Team in Africa!
‘amabele’ means ‘breasts’ in Xhosa.
Our team consist of ladies of all ages and we welcome women of all fitness levels – including those who haven’t done sport since school.
Our aim is to encourage all breast cancer survivors to join [...]

SOWING THE SUNFLOWER SEEDS OF HOPE – 10 YEARS (2000 – 2010)

SOWING THE SUNFLOWER SEEDS OF HOPE – 10 YEARS (2000 – 2010)
The Sunflower Fund will be celebrating it’s 10th anniversary in 2010 – and we would love your help in assisting us with some media coverage and allowing us to highlight a few important issues during the course of the year.
For more info: 10th ANNIVERSARY MEDIA [...]

UICC World Cancer Campaign – 2010

World Cancer Day 2010, led by UICC, its members and with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO), will raise awareness of cancer prevention.
Each year, over 12 million people receive a cancer diagnosis and 7.6 million die of the disease.
The good news is that approximately 40% of cancers are [...]

The New Survivors

“Jasan Zimmerman was 6 months old when he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma of the left neck in 1976.  First the cancer was surgically removed, then he was treated with rediation.  Perhaps it was exposure to all that radiation that caused the thyeroid cancer when he was 15…..”
To read whole story : The New Survivors[1]
ref:  http://www.psychologytoday.com/node/30404

Council for Medical Schemes

Circular 37 of 2009:  Non-compliance by the medical schemes industry in respect of the provision and payment of Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMB’s)
Circular37Of2009 PMB legislation[1]

International Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Foundation

The International CML Foundation Launches, A New Beacon in the Treatment of CML.
Read about the launch on the website of The Max Foundation.

Free PC game: Remission

A very nice free PC game: Re-mission. http://www.re-mission.net/
It is aimed at children of cancer patients and was written to help them cope through a medium they are very familiar with.
“Imagine that you’re working in a research laboratory during the day. You watch cancer cells multiplying under a microscope. At night, you go home [...]

Occupational Health and Safety

Vivienne Stern & Associates
Occupational Health & Safety Consultant / Ergonomist
Good Health is Good Business
Occupational Health and Safety is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protection of the safety, health and welfare of employees incorporating the disciplines of Occupational Hygiene, Safety and Medicine through various strategies, including risk assessment and risk control.