Cansa supports World Ovarian Cancer Day

CANSA is offering a Mother's Day special for the month of May on pap smear and clinical breast exams.

Every year about quarter of a million women around the world are diagnosed with ovarian cancer and 140 000 women die of it, making it the cancer for women with the lowest survival rate. Due to a widespread lack of awareness and the absence of early screening tests many cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed late leading to ‘poor outcomes’.

It is estimated that only 45 per cent of women with ovarian cancer are likely to survive for more than five years. About 89 per cent of breast cancer patients survive for five or more years. The purpose of World Ovarian Cancer Day (WOCD) is to address this problem and to educate women and their communities about the risks, symptoms and screening of ovarian cancer.

CANSA is charging R120 for medical exams. Call now for booking on 031 834 0600.