'Breast cancer screening facilities needed in public sector'
Updated | By Nushera Soodyal
The founder and CEO of the PinkDrive says there is not enough education around breast cancer, leading to many cases of late detection.
Noelene Kotschan has been speaking to Newswatch as Breast Cancer Awareness Month begins today.
According to the Cancer Association of South Africa, South African women have a one in 29 lifetime risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Kotschan says this type of cancer affects young and older women.
"Breast cancer is actually becoming younger, it is no longer the old women disease and perceived to be a white women disease.
"More community women are being affected by breast cancer tragically because there's not enough hospital facilities in the public sector to assist these women. There's not enough skilled and trained nurses to know what to look for," she says.
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