by Marise Lerm | Oct 28, 2024 | Patient Resources
Understanding the tools used to diagnose and treat breast cancer October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a critical time to focus on empowering women (and men) with knowledge and encouraging proactive health practices. Breast cancer remains the most diagnosed...
by Marise Lerm | Jun 21, 2024 | Business News, News Highlight
Icon Oncology delivers another first for Gauteng Johannesburg, June 20, 2024: Icon Oncology, the leading provider of oncology services in South Africa, proudly announces the grand opening of its cutting-edge, full-service oncology centre located within...
by Marise Lerm | Apr 9, 2024 | Business News, News Highlight
Prominent speakers to debate the impact of the NHI Act The 7th Icon Conference to be held in Johannesburg in early May this year, promises to highlight key issues impacting on the state of oncology services in South Africa. The biannual Icon Conference is the...
by Marise Lerm | Nov 22, 2023 | Business News, Patient Resources
Winners announced for Crayon High School Art Competition which honours young cancer warriors Crayon, a specialist Paediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Oncology unit based in the Northern suburbs of the Cape Metropole, celebrated its official launch on...
by Marise Lerm | Oct 18, 2023 | CSI, News Highlight
Understand the screening tools available to detect breast cancer Breast cancer remains the most diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death among women worldwide. In South Africa, it is also the most common cancer among women accounting for 22.6% of all...
Wigs for cancer patientsSocial development grant grows skilled wigmakers A cancer diagnosis comes as a shock; it is a life-changing event and can cause feelings of despair and anxiety. When a patient is diagnosed, the ... READ MORE
Mediclinic Southern Africa partners with Icon Oncology to offer a first in oncology.New full-service oncology centre announced Cape Town, 24 March 2021: Leading value-based care (VBC) business, Icon Oncology and Mediclinic Southern Africa, today announced a first in South Africa ... READ MORE
Public private partnership saves the lives of cancer patientsPublic and private practice collaborate to deliver exceptional healthcare to cancer patients in Port Elizabeth. In August 2017, the Livingstone Oncology Department in Port Elizabeth, a ... READ MORE
Patient care and staff well-being in oncology during the coronavirus pandemic – ethical considerationsAn editorial on patient care and staff well-being during the corona virus pandemic has been published in the SA Journal of Oncology by Prof Raymond Abratt who is the Head of Clinical Governance at ... READ MORE
High-tech hope for Eastern Cape cancer patientsInstallation of LINAC first for the province There is renewed hope for cancer patients in the Eastern Cape who need treatment for difficult-to-reach tumours, with the installation of a new ... READ MORE