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22 May 23

Get a summary of your treatments

Have a list of what surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy doses you have received so that you can communicate these to your primary care providers. This will help you plan for the next tip on the list.

15 May 23

Know your risk

If you have family members who have had breast cancer, especially a mother or sister, and if they had breast cancer before reaching menopause, tell your doctor, as your own risk of cancer may be higher than average. Some women at high risk may be recommended for annual MRIs in…

08 May 23

Make use of resources

There are lots of options in the community and online for cancer survivors and especially breast cancer survivors.

01 May 23

Connect with other survivors

Your family and friends are great support pillars. However, many women find it immensely valuable to talk or exercise with women who have experienced what they have and truly understand what it’s like to be a survivor.

17 Apr 23

CCF pays for radiotherapy treatment of breast cancer patient

Having lost one of her breasts, Maria Abubakar was totally despaired for fear of losing the second breast and eventually, her life. The breast cancer patient who is in her 50s could not afford treatment till she contacted Meena Breast Cancer Foundation (MBCF) for assistance. Madam Abubakar told crimecheckghana.org that…

13 Mar 23

Avoid hormone replacement therapy

Menopause hormone therapy increases the risk of breast cancer. If you must take hormones to manage menopausal symptoms, avoid those that contain progesterone and limit their use to less than three years. “Bioidentical hormones” and hormonal creams and gels are no safer than prescription hormones, and should also be avoided.

07 Mar 23

Get moving

If you pick one healthy thing to change in your life, physical activity is likely to make the fastest change in how you feel and also potentially reduce your cancer-related risks. Make opportunities to walk or take stairs. Find an exercise program to join to get you started if it’s…

Dora Owusu is fighting breast cancer 14 years after losing one breast

23 Feb 23

Trader battles breast cancer after 14 years of losing a breast

Grimacing slightly, she runs her forefinger over the top of her left breast, where a deep hole has opened inside. Dora Owusu has battled breast cancer for 14 years. “About 14 years ago, I had a discomfort in my breast so I visited the hospital, and after several tests, I…

13 Feb 23

Preventing breast cancer: Avoid becoming overweight

Obesity raises the risk of breast cancer after menopause, the time of life when breast cancer most often occurs. Avoid gaining weight over time.

03 Feb 23

Breast cancer fight: Ghana has only two radiation centres

Ghana continues to record high number of related breast cancer deaths. Necessary steps to help stem the deaths are lacking and government appears helpless if not unperturbed. About ninety per cent of patients, according to experts require Radiotherapy treatment but unfortunately, the country has only two public Radiation centres. Records…

Get a summary of your treatments

Know your risk

Make use of resources

Connect with other survivors

CCF pays for radiotherapy treatment of breast cancer patient

Avoid hormone replacement therapy

Get moving

Trader battles breast cancer after 14 years of losing a breast

Preventing breast cancer: Avoid becoming overweight

Breast cancer fight: Ghana has only two radiation centres

XMAS PARTY: MBCF collaborates with CCF to fete beneficiaries

Bronx branch of CAC donates to save pregnant breast cancer patient

Free ultrasound and mammogram will help poor patients

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