Science Café: Presisiegeneeskunde en borskanker

Gegewe die kompleksiteit en veranderlikheid van borskanker, is n tradisionele een-behandeling-vir-almal dikwels ontoereikend. In hierdie gesprek bekyk die wetenskapsjoernalis en skrywer Engela Duvenage die konsep van presisiegeneeskunde as belowende benadering wat pasi ntprognose en -sorg aansienlik kan verbeter deur voorkomings- en behandelingstrategie aan te pas op grond van individuele genetiese, patalogiese, omgewings-, en leefstylfaktore. Iemand wat drie soorte kanker oorleef het, sal haar ervaring van hierdie behandelingsbenadering met ons deel.

Die Stellenbosch Science Caf is n inisiatief van die US se fakulteit natuurwetenskappe. Toegang is gratis.

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Given the complexity and variability of breast cancer, traditional one-size-fits-all treatment approaches are often insufficient. Engela Duvenage, well-known science journalist and author, explores precision medicine as a promising approach that can significantly improve patient prognosis and care by tailoring prevention and treatment strategies based on individual genetic, pathology, environmental, and lifestyle factors. Having survived three different cancers, a survivor will share her lived experience of this approach.

Science Caf Stellenbosch is an initiative of the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University. Entrance is free.