In countries and settings with pots of money, most clinicians are not researchers and most researchers are not clinicians. Clinicians are doctors in direct contact with patients rather than being involved with theoretical or laboratory studies while researchers…
Author: <span>Doctor Jen</span>
Sixty years ago, if a child was diagnosed with cancer, they would almost definitely not survive. Today, kids in America or Europe who get cancer have an 80% chance of surviving – just think about that for a…
Life’s been crazy but we’re still here. Where shall I begin? I think I’ll begin at the end and work backwards. Khumo and I are currently camping at Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital – what a pretty place. There…
This. This is why we do the research. Raising money for childhood cancer research has brought me into contact with a few truly lovely people. Today felt like a present, a surprise gift. A kind, generous filmmaker offered…
While there is no denying that I have saved my family thousands of rands by diagnosing them of various minor ailments, and prescribing the correct medications (no one has died yet, so I must have been right, right?),…
The wonderful world of global oncology… A few years ago I was asked to join the SIOP Education and Training Working Group as a co-chair by Jeremy Slone, a colleague from the USA who works in Botswana. The…
Welcome to our second guest blog! Mpho, a patient who was treated successfully in our unit, came forward offering to write a guest piece for CARE. Mpho – thank you! Fund cancer research. My name is Mpho Radebe,…
Bongani Mayosi, Dean of the UCT Medical Faculty, took his own life a couple of days ago. The first reports said that he had had a heart attack, and Twitter lit up with the irony of a cardiologist…
Today I’m riding the Hollard JUMA, the Jozi Urban MTB Adventure. I first did this ride two years, partly because my buddy Paul said I couldn’t and partly to help him raise money for the cardiology unit at…
A meaningful and reflective Mother’s Day to all the mothers and “mothers” I know. I can’t wish you a Happy Mother’s Day because it’s not always a happy day for many people. At 5.50 am we were woken…