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 pasiëntprognose en -sorg aansienlik kan verbeter deur voorkomings- en behandelingstrategieë 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 Café 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 Café Stellenbosch is an initiative of the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University. Entrance is free.