South Africa does not have a formal national breast cancer screening programme due to public health funding constraints, though breast cancer remains the most frequently diagnosed cancer in South African women. Key Breast Cancer & Mammography Stats - Breast cancer accounts for over 25% of all new cancer cases diagnosed in SA women. - Roughly 1 in 25 to 1 in 29 SA women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, with urban areas reporting higher incidence rates up to 1 in 8

Researcher: Mahtaab Hayat is a lecturer and researcher at Wits University. Her research focuses on breast cancer genetics, specifically in South African populations. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58789-0 18 June 2026 What Is The Study About? What if you could predict how likely someone was to develop breast cancer? Not just someone with a history of breast cancer in the family - anybody. Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women, globally. We know br