For women who undergo a mastectomy, reconstruction is treated almost as a given. We speaks to seven women proudly defying the status quo.

A Kenyan woman who survived breast cancer is knitting prostheses and training others to make them in a country where silicone ones are expensive.

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When Mary Mwangi got her cancer diagnosis, she imagined death would follow shortly. She did not expect that her hobby of ...

When Mary Mwangi got her cancer diagnosis, she imagined death would follow shortly. She did not expect that her hobby of knitting, which she took up while recovering, would affect the l ...

May and her group of women knit and sell the products to organizations that donate to cancer survivors who cannot afford to buy them. Together, they have sold more than 600 pieces in the last three ...

With over 600 knitted prostheses sold, Mwangi's initiative highlights the importance of affordable cancer care and the therapeutic power of creative hobbies.

Expert-backed advice on mastectomy recovery, including aftercare tips, emotional healing and how to adjust physically and mentally after surgery.

A boutique salon offering wigs and prosthetics to people affected by hair loss through cancer and other conditions is expanding to bigger premises in town. Cleopatra’s Legacy, currently in High Street ...

Thika, Kenya – Knitting was a childhood hobby of Mary Mwangi, a tall and talkative woman who runs a tailoring shop in Thika town in Kenya’s Kiambu County. But it was only in 2017, when she was ...