�Breast Cancer is preventable,� says Seipone
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
“Breast cancer is the third most common cancer in women in Botswana. It is rare in men but does occur. It is second to cervical cancer as the cause of cancer related deaths in Botswana although breast cancer is curable when diagnosed early,” she said.
Seipone added that in Botswana, more than 80 percent of patients presenting with either locally advanced or metastatic disease were diagnosed with breast cancer. That, she said led to high incidence of mortality and very high cost and expense for the Government.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...