Zoleka Mandela cleared of cancer scare

It was a huge sigh of relief for Zoleka when her oncologists declared that the lump detected in her chest three weeks ago was not cancerous.

Zoleka, who has battled cancer twice before, decided to be quiet about the matter as she did not want her family to panic.

“I found a lump in my chest just over three weeks ago whilst performing a breast self exam, I didn’t want everyone panicking so I kept quiet! My day one (my grandmother) got to my appointment today, before I did because she was panicking,” Zoleka said.

Her oncologist confirmed that the lump was benign.

“I do not have breast cancer for the 3rd time after beating it twice, I simply have fat necrosis which presents itself like a lump – there’s a bit of pain and discomfort but all it is, is dead fat tissue in the area where an 19 gram tumor was last removed. It’s caused by a combination of surgery and radiation, usually occurs six months after treatment.”

She is a two time cancer survivor.