Feature: Namibian breast cancer survivor offers therapy to cancer patients to share hope


  • World
  • Tuesday, 01 Nov 2022

WINDHOEK, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- When Thelma van Rooyen, living in the Namibian capital of Windhoek, was diagnosed with breast cancer 16 years ago, she never imagined that it would happen to her.

"It was a feeling of intense shock and questioning; why me?" she said on Monday. Fortunately, with the support of family and close kinship, she survived chemotherapy and mastectomy.

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