But in sub-Saharan Africa, the lifetime risk of a woman developing breast cancer is much lower. In South Africa, for example, the lifetime risk of a black woman developing breast cancer is 1 in 43.

Cancer is a non-communicable disease, yet more women in South Africa are succumbing to breast cancer and cervical cancer than ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has ranked Kenya as Africa's leader in breast cancer control, with the highest overall capacity score on the continent, in a report that assessed breast cancer ...

Breast cancer cases are expected to increase ... while the lowest rates were found in South-Central Asia and parts of Africa. Meanwhile, the highest mortality rates were reported in Melanesia ...

The World Health Organization is calling for urgent action to reinforce breast cancer control measures in sub-Saharan Africa, adding that without measures, an estimated 135,000 women could lose ...