Breast cancer patient passes-on
After battling breast cancer for over a year, 59-year-old Esther Kwabea has given up the ghost. Madam Kwabea would have lost her life to breast cancer in 2022 if not for the timely intervention of Crime Check Foundation (CCF) she lived on for a year. In April 2022, the widow…
MBCF screens Mangoase residents for breast cancer
Hundreds of women at Mangoase in the Central Region have turned up to screen their breasts during an exercise held in the community. Meena Breast Cancer Foundation (MBCF) organized the screening exercise as part of its community sensitization outreaches. MBCF was established to support breast cancer patients to undergo treatment…
MBCF screens residents, hawkers at McCarthy and Mallam for breast cancer
The Meena Breast Cancer Foundation (MBCF) has screened approximately ten thousand women, a year after its establishment, its Executive Director, Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng has said. Mr. Kwarteng noted that MBCF’s resolve to tackle breast cancer throughout the year to help decimate the loss of life is not just paying lip…
Fear and cancer
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. So the only thing to really be afraid of is if you do not go get your mammogram – Cynthia Nixon
MBCF assists breast cancer patient who pays almost Ghc 5000 weekly for treatment
40-year-old Cornelia Avenu’s business has died as a result of the high cost of treating breast cancer, which has attacked her right breast. Though she detected it early, she still has to pay close to Five Thousand Ghana cedis every week for Chemotherapy. “A session of Chemotherapy costs One Thousand…
Breast cancer is no respecter of person
“Whether you are a mother or a father, or a husband or a son, or a niece or nephew or uncle, breast cancer does not discriminate.” – Stephanie McMahon.
Early detection saves life
There can be life after breast cancer. The prerequisite is early detection.- Melissa Etheridge
How MBCF saved my life – Breast Cancer patient recounts
The early stages of breast cancer can be deadly if not given attention. A breast cancer patient, Martha Twumasi talks about her near-death encounter in the early stages after contracting the disease. According to the 45-year-old woman, her breast swelled with pain but she ignored it and continued with her…