Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / Globally, breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women and it is predicted that in 2030 about 12 million deaths will occur with approximately 21.7 million new cases [2]. Genetic risk factors as well as race and ethnicity, account for about 5-10% of all breast cancer occurrences. Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), tumors that tested negative for oestrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), contribute to 10-20% of all breast carcinomas [3,4] and is known to be a more aggressive type of cancer with varying degree of response to chemotherapeutic and radiation therapy [5,6] / 2022-02-24
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/7881 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Abrahams, Beynon |
| Contributors | Hiss, Donavon, Gerber, Tonie |
| Publisher | University of the Western Cape |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | University of the Western Cape |
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