Notice Board

Wits Clinical Research (WCR) offers patients an opportunity to participate in clinical trials, providing them with quality care, free treatment, and disease management costs, as these are covered by their trials. They focus on conducting quality research in various fields.

Stellenbosch University invites eligible cancer survivors to participate in this study. The study aims to explore the subjective experience of cancer survivors on their personal experience of fertility preservation.

Novartis invites eligible lung cancer patients to participate in this research study. The aim of the study would be to see if the study medication can be of benefit to patients in reducing the risk of cancer reappearance after their lung cancer has been surgically removed and adjuvant chemotherapy had been completed (if applicable). The closing date for recruitment is 16 December 2021.

We collaborate with partners to support awareness of, and access to, cancer-related research studies and make available regularly updated information on studies currently taking place in South Africa. Find out what studies and research are taking place, if you are eligible and how you can get involved. 

History of the Medal Jennifer Moodley has been recognised and selected to receive the coveted AG Oettlé Memorial medal from CANSA for outstanding contributions to cancer research. Prof Moodley is a Public Health Medicine physician with expertise in health systems […]

CANSA Research in Action Conference 2018 – Keynote Speakers

The title of the Type A grant to which the abstract relates: Application of personalised medicine using an integrated service and research approach: Evaluation of vitamin D in breast cancer patients. The name of the PI of the Type A […]

Title of the type A grant: Prevalence of Mutations in Basal Core Promoter/Precore and pre-S regions of Hepatitis B Virus in Black South Africans with and without Hepatocellular Carcinoma Name of PI:  Prof Anna Kramvis of the University of the Witwatersrand Title […]

Title of the type A grant: Predictive models for HIV related Lymphomas Name of PI:  Prof Farai Nyabadza from Stellenbosch University, specialising in predictive models for HIV-related lymphomas. This work has been done for the award of a Masters degree in Biomathematics Abstract: […]

(Doctor of Philosophy – Completed) Title of the type A grant: Genetic screening of triple negative and young breast patients in SA Name of PI:  Prof Ans Baeyens Abstract: Ionising radiation versus mitomycin C induced chromosomal aberrations for Fanconi Anaemia […]

CANSA’s Head of Research, Dr Melissa Wallace attended AORTIC’s 11th International Conference on Cancer in Africa (AORTIC 2017) from 7 to 10 November 2017 at the Kigali Convention Centre in Kigali, Rwanda. The theme was: Cancer in Africa: Making Strides, […]

History of the Medal Greta Dreyer has been recognised and selected to receive the coveted AG Oettlé Memorial medal from CANSA for outstanding contributions to cancer research, training and clinical work. She has devoted all of her professional life since […]

Applications for postgraduate degree open until 30 September 2017.

The 31st International Papillomavirus Conference was held from February 28 – March 4 in Cape Town.  HPV 2017 gathered researchers, clinicians and other health professionals to share knowledge and ideas on papillomaviruses and their associated diseases. The conference included an […]

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) International Conference on New Frontiers in Cancer Research was held in Cape Town from January 18 – 22, 2017.  This innovative programme brought the forefront of cancer science to Africa and appealed to a […]

The South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA) through the Nanotechnology Public Engagement Programme (NPEP), an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), and Nabio Consulting (Pty) Ltd presented a symposium on the impact of nanotechnology […]

On 23rd and 24th February, The Medical Research Council (MRC) in collaboration with its partners in cancer research including CANSA, hosted a National Cancer Research Strategy meeting to develop a cancer research strategy for South Africa. This was attended by […]

CANSA acknowledges the importance of building the capacity of a new generation of cancer researchers to further develop much needed advances in cancer research in South Africa.

CANSA donates Microscope to NHLS and WITS University

We interviewed Prof Jeffrey Gershenwald, who is Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgical Oncology and a Professor in the Department of Cancer Biology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MD Anderson) in Houston, Texas, as […]