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Breast cancer: why it’s difficult to treat and what new approaches are on the horizon

By Anna-Mart Engelbrecht, Professor in physiological sciences, Stellenbosch University

Breast cancer is the number one cancer among women: more than 2 million cases were diagnosed worldwide in 2022. It is also particularly challenging to treat. Physiologist Anna-Mart Engelbrecht, who heads the Cancer Research Group at Stellenbosch University, explains why this is so and how precision medicine could help.

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Normally, cell growth, cell division and cell death are tightly…

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