Information collated by Dr Justus Apffelstaedt, specialist surgeon with an interest in breast, thyroid and parathyroid health as well as soft tissue surgical oncology.
From Breastcancer.org.
Breast Cancer is the most common female cancer in the world, and is often spoken about at length. But how many women actually fully understand the jargon and terminology…
Dr Karin Baatjes, Specialist Surgeon and by Dr Justus Apffelstaedt, specialist surgeon with an interest in breast, thyroid and parathyroid health as well as soft tissue surgical oncology.
We define breast cancer as being in a young patient when the woman is younger than 35 or 40 years of age. While in the western societies one…
Information collated by Dr Justus Apffelstaedt, specialist surgeon with an interest in breast, thyroid and parathyroid health as well as soft tissue surgical oncology.
From Breastcancer.org.
Breast Cancer is the most common female cancer in the world, and is often spoken about at length. But how many women actually fully understand the jargon and terminology…
Dr Justus Apffelstaedt is a specialist surgeon with an interest in breast, thyroid and parathyroid health as well as soft tissue surgical oncology. He practices in both Cape Town and Namibia and has been at the frontline of a recent project to bring Namibian cancer patients to Cape Town for essential breast cancer-related surgery.
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World Cancer Day is marked around the world on 4 February to raise awareness of the global impact of cancer and increase understanding of prevention, detection, treatment and care.
The importance of discussing this disease on World Cancer Day cannot be overlooked – after all, Breast Cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed diseases…