For our #BellaNaijaWCW feature this week, we shine the spotlight on and celebrate Dr Omolola Salako, the founder of Oncopadi Digital Cancer Clinic, a platform that connects cancer patients in Africa to oncologists, hospitals and coping resources in real time. The digital patient navigation platform helps cancer patients and their loved ones to organize their journey with accurate information, …

Patients are paying high costs for cancer treatment in the US, and those costs are expected to rise, a new report said. The report from the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) predicted that 1.8 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2020 and found that more nearly 17 million …

Susan G. Komen CEO, Paula Schneider, talks to SurvivorNet about the financial toxicity and social injustice in breast cancer care.  Conversation With CEO of Susan G. Komen Paula Schneider, a breast cancer survivor, says she was made to fight this disease. Susan G. Komen works to help women fight the financial toxicity of breast cancer …

A ground-breaking support service for people living with cancer in Dundee has secured over half a million pounds in financial support. The Dundee Macmillan Improving the Cancer Service Journey (ICJ) service provides accessible and personal support for people living with or affected by the disease whether it is through financial support or practical and emotional …

Cancer patients in East Africa Community will soon access advanced cancer care at affordable cost following the recent signing of a contract between Kenyatta University Teaching, Research and Referral Hospital (KTTRH), and General Electric (GE) to set up an Integrated Molecular Imaging Centre (IMIC). The hospital which was commissioned by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on …

The research, accessed by Financial Express Online, has been published in the Radiotherapy and Oncology journal. New organ: A new location of the salivary glands have been found! Netherlands Cancer Institute’s cancer researchers have recently discovered a new place where the salivary glands are located. According to a statement by the institute, this discovery could help …

A 10-year-old girl who has grown her amazing, long curly hair for years is having it cut after a school friend underwent cancer treatment.  Savannah Lee, a pupil at St Margaret Mary’s junior school in Dovecot is planning to have her locks chopped and made into a wig for young cancer sufferers who have lost their hair through chemotherapy. Her …

At first, I thought it was a typo. Because mammograms are supposed to be covered under the Affordable Care Act,I rubbed my eyes and readjusted my glasses to see whether the $533 on my billing statement for my annual test wasn’t really $5.33. Or $53.30. Nah. It was $533. As it turns out, being a breast …

Fighting breast cancer can create a financial burden that many patients say is a severe problem. Tandy Duty knew there was something wrong earlier this year when a marble-sized lump in her right breast grew to the size of a gumball in a month. “It was growing pretty fast,” she said. Still, it was a …

Health payers are in a position to take responsibility for and address patients’ high and rising out-of-pocket cancer costs. Cancer patients are paying higher and higher out-of-pocket costs for treatment and, according to the American Cancer Society’s recent report, payer-related costs are the most common contributor to this financial burden. “As a leading cause of death …