This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, you can protect yourself against breast cancer by learning more about it. What are some of the common misconceptions about breast cancer? What are the non-modifiable risk factors? Breast cancer may be the most commonly
Dear friends, Assalamu Alaykum. In December 2022, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Lahore completed 28 years of serving humanity and our second hospital, in Peshawar, marked seven years of operations. There was a time when I
‘I know how hard it is for the poor people of Pakistan to manage day-by-day life, let alone afford any treatment for cancer.’ Our Bolton Abbey Walk earlier in January this New Year, kicked off our events and challenges for
‘As I walked in through the hospital gate, my heart filled with hope.’ Marwa is a 10-year-old girl from Kohat in Peshawar, Pakistan. In 2021, she was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, a type of bone and soft-tissue cancer, common in
‘It was the first time stepping out of my comfort zone since the passing of my Dad so that in itself, rather than the distance covered, was the biggest challenge for me.’ In September 2022, Amreen lost her father to
'Overall, it was a beautiful life-changing experience! May Allah (SWT) accept it from us all and may He put barakah in every penny raised Ameen.' The 2022 Pakistan Challenge was life-changing for our participants as well as the patients who
Your donations allowed us to acquire a True Beam linear accelerator with radiosurgery capability, at our Lahore hospital. But what does this machine do, and why did we need it? Patients undergoing treatment at the Department of Clinical & Radiation
Don’t smoke? That’s great – for you and your loved ones. But you should still know about lung cancer because smoking isn’t the only thing that causes it. Even if you’ve never smoked in your life, it doesn’t mean you
Unless action is taken, smoking will kill over a billion people in the 21st century. And 80% of these deaths will occur in low and middle-income countries like Pakistan. Tobacco use is the most preventable cause of death and illness