CANSA’s Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme

English Version PDF Leer meer oor tienerkanker…

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Each September the Vlok family host an online fundraiser to support CANSA’s TLC Programme and children / teens affected by cancer. Funds raised in 2019 will help CANSA TLC afford life changing medical port-a-cath and broviac implants, as well as critical nutrition packages for South African paediatric cancer patients. We appreciate each and every donation! Together we can make a difference! #CANSATLC #ChildhoodCancerAwareness

CANSA strives to raise awareness of the symptoms of cancer affecting adolescents, during September (International Childhood Cancer Awareness month). This is particularly important, as in most cancers in children and teens, there are no known risk factors and the focus needs to be on raising awareness of signs and symptoms of cancer to aid early diagnosis. #ChildhoodCancerAwareness #EarlyDetection

English Media Release KANSA streef daarna om gedurende September (die maand vir Internasionale Kinderkanker Bewusmaking) die fokus te laat val en bewustheid te verskerp van die simptome van kankers wat tieners teiken. Dit is veral belangrik omdat daar, soos by […]

Questions teen cancer patients would like doctors to answer…

English Media Release 11 Januarie 2019 – KANSA vat hande met die stigterslede van Kinderkanker Internasionaal se inisiatief wat as Internasionale Kinderkanker Dag bekend staan wat op 15 Februarie wêreldwyd gevier word. Die doel van die inisiatief is om bewustheid […]

CANSA joins Childhood Cancer International, founders of International Childhood Cancer Day, celebrated globally on 15 February in raising awareness of childhood cancer & working towards lowering deaths, pain and suffering and supporting the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Childhood Cancer Target Goals. #EarlyDetection #CANSACares

Breyton Paulse, Springbok rugby legend, shares about CANSA’s Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme which supports parents, guardians, children and teens affected by cancer. #CANSAcares #CANSAserves #ChildhoodCancerAwareness #CANSATLC

VIDEO: CANSA’s Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) programme supports children and teens diagnosed with cancer or affected by cancer (a family member has cancer), as we believe no child or family should have to face cancer on their own. Come and see what we do…

Being a teenager is a challenging phase of anyone’s young life, especially if you think of the physical and hormonal changes that their bodies go through, and for some of us watching this metamorphosis, the mood swings and sometimes difficult […]

Afrikaanse Weergawe PDF Read more about our support offering to children / teens and families affected by cancer…

As part of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, the spotlight is placed on raising awareness of symptoms and making parents and guardians of children / teens diagnosed with cancer, aware of avenues of support available. CANSA focuses on early detection and support of teenage cancer Survivors (patients) this September…

English Media Release 16 Augustus 2018 – As deel van Kinderkanker bewusmaking maand, laat die Kankervereniging van Suid-Afrika (KANSA) die kollig val op die bewusmaking van simptome van kinder- en tienerkanker. Dit sal help om ouers/voogde van kinders of tieners […]

Watch video of when CANSA TLC Nicus Lodge was visited by SABC Real Talk with Anele on #MandelaDay 2017: Support by CANSA TLC CANSA offers a programme called CANSA Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) that supports not only the diagnosed […]

Afrikaans PPT: Childhood Cancer Awareness | Symptoms | Myths | CANSA TLC Support Read more…

Afrikaans PPT: How to Support Your Friend who has Cancer Read more…

English PPT: Hoe om Jou Maatjie met Kanker te Ondersteun Lees meer…

English PPT: Kinderkanker Bewustheid | Simptome | Mites | KANSA TLC Ondersteuning Lees meer…

A travel grant was awarded to Dr Tanya Schickerling of Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Division of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology to attend the SIOP 2016, 48th Congress of International Society of Paediatric Oncology in Dublin, Ireland from 18 to […]