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CANSA’s Holistic Cancer Care & Support
CANSA provides guidance and advice to cancer survivors and their families to improve their quality of life in all phases of treatment and after treatment. At our CANSA Care Centres we provide holistic care and support to cancer survivors from the time of diagnosis, through all phases of need, including survivorship.
A Haven of Hope – CANSA TLC Nicus Lodge Offers Vital Support to Families
In the heart of Pretoria, a beacon of hope shines brightly for families facing the overwhelming journey of childhood cancer treatment. The CANSA Tough Living with Cancer (TLC). Nicus Lodge run by CANSA, nestled within the premises of the Tshwane District Hospital, is extending its warm embrace to parents, guardians, and caregivers who find themselves far from home while their children undergo life-saving treatments…
Read morePublished: 21 September 2023
Updated: 28 September 2023
Categories: CANSA Bedfordview Care Centre, CANSA Pretoria Care Centre, CANSA Roodepoort Virtual Care Centre, CANSA Vaal Triangle Virtual Care Centre, CANSA's Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme
Help the Vlok Family Raise Money to Make Treatment Easier for Young Cancer Patients
2023 – Our family’s 11th Annual Paediatric Cancer Campaign will run from 1-30 September 2023. Our theme this year: ‘Look Forward’. Funds raised in 2023 will help CANSA TLC afford life changing medical port-a-cath and broviac implants (used for critical chemotherapy infusions, administration of medicines / fluids, as well as repetitive blood draws), prosthetic eyes (retinoblastoma is a prevalent paediatric cancer in South Africa), as well as a variety of paediatric mobility devices and medical necessities. Funds will also be used for nutrition packages for those in need. We appreciate each and every donation to help us reach our target of R75 000! Together we can make a difference!
Read morePublished: 21 September 2023
Updated: 4 October 2023
Categories: CANSA's Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme
Helping Young Cancer Survivors Celebrate Life
In June, as part of International Cancer Survivors’ month, CANSA celebrates all cancer survivors and salutes their perseverance, with the focus on children, teens, young adults and parents or guardians. Each cancer diagnosis can impact a patient and their loved ones negatively, and CANSA provides the practical and emotional support they need throughout cancer treatment. Receiving a diagnosis as an adult is difficult, but even more so when it’s a child or teenager and it is especially hard on parents of paediatric patients. When a child or teenager is diagnosed with cancer, CANSA TLC offers support to sustain paediatric patients, parents and loved ones as they face their worst fear…
Read morePublished: 19 September 2023
Updated: 28 September 2023
Categories: CANSA Eastern Cape, CANSA Free State, CANSA Gauteng, CANSA KwaZulu-Natal, CANSA Limpopo, CANSA Mpumalanga, CANSA North West, CANSA Northern Cape, CANSA Western Cape, Counselling & Support Groups, Media Releases & News
CANSA Infographics: Children, Teens and Young Adults Affected by Cancer
Children CANSA TLC Service Warning Signs Cancer Top 5 Cancers Affecting Children Childhood Cancer – Myth vs Fact How Do I Support my Friend with Cancer (for children) Stories to Encourage Children with Cancer Teens and Young Adults Warning Signs Cancer Cancer in Teenagers in South Africa How do I Support my Friend with Cancer […]
Read morePublished: 1 September 2023
Categories: CANSA's Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme
CANSA Videos: Children, Teens and Young Adults Affected by Cancer
The following videos are available: CANSA TLC Services – Celebrating Life CANSA TLC Programme CANSA TLC with Breyten Paulse CANSA TLC Nicus Lodge – SABC Real Talk
Read morePublished: 1 September 2023
Categories: CANSA's Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme
CANSA Webinars: Childhood, Teen and Young Adults Affected by Cancer
Recordings are available for the following webinars: Let’s Get Chatty About Childhood Cancer Awareness Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults Living with Cancer
Read morePublished: 1 September 2023
Categories: CANSA's Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme
Resources to Help Share a Parent or Loved Ones’ Cancer Diagnosis with a Child
You may be stressed about revealing your cancer diagnosis to your child or children. Children love stories and these often provide parents with a means of broaching tricky subjects and so the ‘The Secret Warrior’ book was especially written for CANSA TLC, by creative writer and social worker, Sally Ann Carter. We understand that sharing a cancer […]
Read morePublished: 31 August 2023
Updated: 31 August 2023
Categories: CANSA's Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme
Resources to Help Cope with Side Effects of Cancer Treatment (for Parents / Loved Ones)
Our CANSA TLC staff have seen first-hand the common side effects caused by cancer treatment, that children battle with. Parents often feel helpless in the face of nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, and other common side effects their children experience, which in turn affects children’s appetite and general well-being. The purpose is to help parents manage these side […]
Read morePublished: 31 August 2023
Categories: CANSA's Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme
Resources to Help Cope with Side Effects of Cancer Treatment (for Children)
CANSA partnered with Hollard to design, illustrate and produce the books in an online format that is available for free on the CANSA website. Our experienced CANSA TLC staff members, who work with children, teens, young adults and families affected by cancer daily, came up with the concept of providing reading material for children that would help […]
Read morePublished: 31 August 2023
Categories: CANSA's Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme
Resources to Help with Cancer Diagnosis (Children)
CANSA partnered with Hollard to design, illustrate and produce the books in an online format that is available for free on the CANSA website. Our experienced CANSA TLC staff members, who work with children, teens, young adults and families affected by cancer daily, came up with the concept of providing reading material for children that would […]
Read morePublished: 31 August 2023
Categories: CANSA's Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme
Ons Bemagtig Adolessente en Jong Volwassenes met Kanker: KANSA Free2Bme Diens
English Media Release 23 Augustus 2023 – September is Kinderkanker Bewusmakingsmaand, en KANSA is opgewonde om ’n inspirerende inisiatief bekend te stel wat beoog om ’n groot impak te maak in die lewens van mid-adolessente en jong volwassenes (ook bekend as AYA) tussen die ouderdomme van 13 en 25 jaar wat die uitdagings van ’n […]
Read morePublished: 30 August 2023
Updated: 30 August 2023
Categories: CANSA's Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme, Media Releases & News
Young Adults – Choosing Hope Amid Life Challenges
You are considered a cancer Survivor from the moment of your diagnosis, throughout treatment and beyond. You have already picked up some tips regarding how to deal with the first phase of survivorship, and may be about to start the second phase, both described in other sections of the AYA Free2Bme site – the phases […]
Read morePublished: 30 August 2023
Updated: 30 August 2023
Categories: CANSA Free2Bme Support for Teens and Young Adults
Teens – Choosing Hope Amid Life Challenges
You are considered a cancer Survivor from the moment of your diagnosis, throughout treatment and beyond. You have already picked up some tips regarding how to deal with the first phase of survivorship, and may be about to start the second phase, both described in other sections of the AYA Free2Bme site – the phases […]
Read morePublished: 30 August 2023
Updated: 30 August 2023
Categories: CANSA Free2Bme Support for Teens and Young Adults
Teen and Young Adult Stories of Hope
Most pages of the CANSA AYA Free2Bme site feature inspiring quotes from teens or young adults who have walked a similar path to you. This space is dedicated to giving other AYA (adolescents and young adults) HOPE as they read your stories of hope or quotes of hope – please submit them in the comment […]
Read morePublished: 30 August 2023
Updated: 30 August 2023
Categories: CANSA Free2Bme Support for Teens and Young Adults
Young Adults – Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Risk Factors for Cancer While we don’t understand fully what causes all cancers, unhealthy lifestyle choices have been linked to a number of cancers, so it makes sense to make healthier lifestyle choices in order to lower personal risk of cancer after treatment. Known Causes 1) Young adults with Human Immodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Aquired Immunodeficiency […]
Read morePublished: 29 August 2023
Updated: 30 August 2023
Categories: CANSA Free2Bme Support for Teens and Young Adults
Teens – Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Risk Factors for Cancer In most cancers in children and teens, we don’t understand what causes the cancer. This is why raising awareness of signs and symptoms of cancer to aid early diagnosis is very important. There are only a few known causes of cancer in teens. Known Causes 1) Current international data suggests 10% […]
Read morePublished: 29 August 2023
Updated: 30 August 2023
Categories: CANSA Free2Bme Support for Teens and Young Adults
Young Adults – Emotional Support
When receiving a cancer diagnosis and going through treatment and its side effects it can be very difficult to process all that is happening to you in the moment. You have responsibilities as a young adult and you have commitments to keep – studies, work, family. Life just keeps coming at you and you battle […]
Read morePublished: 29 August 2023
Categories: CANSA Free2Bme Support for Teens and Young Adults
Teens – Emotional Support
When receiving a cancer diagnosis and going through treatment and its side effects it can be very difficult to process all that is happening to you in the moment. In the beginning you may even be in denial, carrying on as if everything is fine. You may feel that you are in “survival mode”, just […]
Read morePublished: 29 August 2023
Updated: 30 August 2023
Categories: CANSA Free2Bme Support for Teens and Young Adults
Young Adults – Sharing My Diagnosis
Who Can I Tell? It is your choice who to tell as this is your personal journey. It will make things easier if you inform at least the people nearest to you. Keeping secrets is hard work and your extended family and friends might feel left out. Instead of avoiding them or making up a […]
Read morePublished: 28 August 2023
Updated: 30 August 2023
Categories: CANSA Free2Bme Support for Teens and Young Adults
Teens – Sharing My Diagnosis
Who Can I Tell? It is your choice who to tell as this is your personal journey. It will make things easier if you inform at least the people nearest to you. Keeping secrets is hard work and your extended family and friends might feel left out. Instead of avoiding them or making up a […]
Read morePublished: 28 August 2023
Updated: 30 August 2023
Categories: CANSA Free2Bme Support for Teens and Young Adults
Young Adults – Side Effects of Cancer Treatment
Side effects of cancer treatment may vary from person to person, even among those receiving the same treatment. Image Credit: Freepik Chemotherapy Chemotherapy is the use of anti-cancer drugs to destroy the cancer cells in your body. The type of cancer and at what stage the cancer is, will determine which chemotherapy drugs or a […]
Read morePublished: 28 August 2023
Updated: 30 August 2023
Categories: CANSA Free2Bme Support for Teens and Young Adults
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