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Let’s Get Chatty About Melanoma Awareness & Skin Cancer Screening
Join Evy Michalopoulos from our partner organisation, Machi Filotimo Cancer project with guest presenter, CANSA’s National Relationship Manager Services and TLC, Cara Noble via Zoom on Wednesday, 12 May 2021 at 15:00 to chat about Melanoma Awareness and Skin Cancer Screening.
Read morePublished: 11 May 2021
Categories: CANSA Webinars, SunSmart
Be Proactive about Protecting Your Skin
The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) urges individuals to be proactive about protecting their skin and being aware of changes to their skin. Skin cancer is the most common cancer worldwide, and as South Africa has one of the highest monitored ultraviolet (UV) levels in the world, it also has one of the highest incidences of skin cancer globally.
Read morePublished: 7 Dec 2020 | Last Updated: 30 Apr 2021
Categories: Media Releases & News, SunSmart
Percentage of Eeze Squeeze Bangle (Sunscreen) Goes to CANSA
Eeze Squeeze Bangle (Sunscreen) makes it super easy to have sunscreen on hand – 50c per unit will be donated to CANSA…
Read morePublished: 28 Oct 2020 | Last Updated: 10 Mar 2021
Categories: Our Cause Related Marketing Partners, SunSmart
Metastatic Melanoma Webinar with CANSA
CANSA partnered with colleagues and friends from Rare Diseases South Africa to discuss what patients and the public should know about Metastatic #Melanoma.
Read morePublished: 25 Aug 2020 | Last Updated: 9 Mar 2021
Categories: CANSA Webinars, I have Cancer, SunSmart
New Skin App to Help You be SunSmart
CANSA reminds South Africans to be SunSmart, by protecting their skin at all times and especially during the holidays. Ultraviolet rays (UVA and UVB) reach the earth’s surface and are damaging to skin. UVB is responsible for producing sunburn and can cause sunburn within fifteen minutes, causing permanent damage while UVA rays can contribute to ageing the skin and DNA damage. Damage from both UVA and UVB rays can lead to skin cancer. #SunSmart
Read morePublished: 20 Aug 2020 | Last Updated: 30 Apr 2021
Categories: Media Releases & News, SunSmart
Video: Beat Melanoma through Early Detection
May is Melanoma Awareness month and CANSA highlights the stories of two survivors living with skin cancer to help educate and promote early detection of cancer.
Read morePublished: 19 May 2020 | Last Updated: 22 May 2020
Categories: SunSmart
Beat Melanoma through Early Detection
People living with cancer are at a very high risk should they become infected with COVID-19 and so CANSA aims to educate and share early detection messages to avoid more people being diagnosed with cancer. CANSA highlights the stories of two survivors living with skin cancer to help educate and promote early detection of cancer.
Read morePublished: 18 Apr 2020 | Last Updated: 30 Apr 2021
Categories: Media Releases & News, SunSmart
Naniki Seboni – Brown Skin Girl
Naniki Seboni (29) tells us how she was teased at school for ‘wanting to be like a white girl’ because she used sunscreen and how at the age of 24, she was diagnosed with Stage 3 malignant melanoma. Ailments as a Child Naniki sufferred severe nose bleeds as a child. “We never knew what that […]
Read morePublished: 6 Feb 2020 | Last Updated: 6 Feb 2020
Categories: Stories of Hope, SunSmart
CANSA Thankful to Novartis as SunSmart Awareness Partner
CANSA is proud to have partnered with Novartis as our #SunSmart awareness partner. Twenty-eight CANSA Care Centres countrywide received pamphlets, wide brimmed & tightly woven hats, and sunscreen, with which to educate our hard working volunteers, cancer patients and community about the importance of being #Sunsmart and taking care of themselves while exposed to the sun. […]
Read morePublished: 30 Jan 2019 | Last Updated: 27 May 2019
Categories: SunSmart
Miiskin Smartphone App to Benefit CANSA
Miiskin and CANSA are working together to create awareness in the South African population about checking your skin and moles for changes. The app contains paid premium features of which CANSA will receive 15%.
Read morePublished: 3 Jan 2019 | Last Updated: 9 Mar 2021
Categories: Our Cause Related Marketing Partners, SunSmart
Maandelikse Moesie & Merkie Self-Ondersoek
English Version… Soek altyd mediese raad indien jy bekommerd is t.o.v. ‘n merkie of moesie op jou vel. Vra ‘n familielid of vriend om jou te help om jou rug en kop te besigtig. Doen dit maandeliks. Indien jy hierdie A B C D E Waarskuwingstekens waarneem, kontak onmiddellik jou dokter of dermatoloog: Moesie Waarskuwingstekens […]
Read morePublished: 3 Dec 2018 | Last Updated: 3 Feb 2021
Categories: SunSmart
Do a Monthly “Spot the Spot” Skin Check
Afrikaanse weergawe… Always seek medical advice as soon as possible when concerned about a particular spot on your skin. Check your skin carefully every month and ask a family member or friend to examine your back and the top of your head. If you notice any of these warning signs, see a doctor or dermatologist […]
Read morePublished: 3 Dec 2018 | Last Updated: 11 Mar 2021
Categories: SunSmart
Slideshow – Be SunSmart
Afrikaanse weergawe… Click here for pdf… Queries CANSA Find more info re skin cancer and reducing cancer risk…
Read morePublished: 2 Dec 2018 | Last Updated: 11 Dec 2018
Categories: SunSmart
Skyfievertoning – Wees SonSlim
English version… Klik hier vir pdf… Navrae KANSA Klik hier vir nog inligting rondom velkanker, asook hoe om jou kankerrisiko te verminder…
Read morePublished: 2 Dec 2018 | Last Updated: 12 Dec 2018
Categories: SunSmart
Nikki Overcomes Malignant Melanoma at 25
In my ignorance, I believed skin cancer was a white person’s disease. Never had I heard of a black person having such a diagnosis…
Read morePublished: 29 Nov 2017 | Last Updated: 9 Mar 2021
Categories: Stories of Hope, SunSmart
Video: CANSA Melamoma Awareness
CANSA wants to raise awareness of skin cancer and the importance of being SunSmart to reduce cancer risk. We recently got motorists attention with our “Car Melanoma Campaign”…
Read morePublished: 28 Apr 2017 | Last Updated: 11 Mar 2021
Categories: SunSmart
Tracy Maritz Believes Melanoma Caused by Use of Sunbeds
Tracy, who has fair skin and freckles, believes that the 20 sunbed sessions she did prior to her honeymoon, possibly caused her melanoma. Says Tracy, “A killer tan IS a KILLER tan!” If she could turn back the clock, she would.
Read morePublished: 12 Dec 2016 | Last Updated: 9 Mar 2021
Categories: Stories of Hope, SunSmart
Katherine Burger Shares Melanoma Diagnosis
Says Katherine, “Melanomas can look like any lump or bump, so that is why it is so important to know our bodies and watch for changes. You should do a skin self-examination every few weeks. Most importantly, this is why EVERYONE should have an annual skin check by a dermatologist.”
Read morePublished: 12 Dec 2016 | Last Updated: 9 Mar 2021
Categories: Stories of Hope, SunSmart
Major Finding: Rooibos protects against adverse effects of UVB exposure
From a soothing beverage to beauty elixir, Rooibos tea is one versatile brew. Now researchers have discovered that it can also undo some of the damage caused by the sun’s harmful rays. CANSA is proud to say that we have been involved in partly funding the research. Read about the CANSA Type A project: Chemopreventive potential of Rooibos in skin carcinogenesis
Read morePublished: 7 Dec 2016 | Last Updated: 9 Mar 2021
Categories: Research Findings, Research Projects, SunSmart
Video: Prof Jeffrey Gershenwald on Melanoma
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 well as Medical Director of the MD Anderson Melanoma and Skin Center. He is also […]
Read morePublished: 15 Nov 2016 | Last Updated: 9 Mar 2021
Categories: Notice Board, SunSmart
Emthunzini Hats a CANSA SunSmart Choice
Emthunzini Hats, established in 2009, sell a fashionable range of sunhats for men, women and children, designed in Australia, to give serious sun protection while still looking good. It’s essential for everyone to protect their skin every day of the year. It’s a sunny life, wear your hat! While being fashionable & suitable for the entire […]
Read morePublished: 5 Dec 2015 | Last Updated: 9 Mar 2021
Categories: CANSA Seal of Recognition - Protection Category, SunSmart
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