Cancer stigma is a great problem in South Africa, it touches all groups, ages and genders and impacts cancer patients daily.
With our current survey we aim to gain more information and insight into the role of cancer stigma in our communities.
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Scientists have discovered mutations in genes that lead to childhood leukemia of the acute lymphoblastic type, which is the most common childhood cancer in the world. The study was conducted among children with Down's syndrome, who are 20 to 50 times more prone to childhood leukemias than other children. The study involved analyzing the DNA sequence of patients at different stages of leukemia. Read more