Type A Research Projects Per Cancer Type
Breast cancer
- Genetic screening of triple negative and young breast patients in South Africa
- Breast Cancer progression associated with hypercoagulation and chronic inflammation
- Contraceptive needs and fertility intentions of women with breast cancer in Cape Town: a qualitative exploratory study
- Breast/ovarian cancer susceptibility in South African women: Clinical utility of multi-gene panel testing
- Establishing a cancer genomics registry to support the implementation of personalised medicine
- Chemopreventive and/or chemotherapeutic action of a Cyclopia extract
- Breast and cervical cancer symptom awareness in South Africa
- Identification of immunological biomarkers predictive of pathological response in triple negative breast cancer patients undergoing neo-adjuvant chemotherapy
- Development of a long term surveillance programme linked to an integrated rehabilitation pathway for upper limb morbidity in breast cancer survivors in South Africa
- Verification of the therapeutic potential of LRP/LR downregulation and anti-LRP/LR antibody IgG1-iS18 for the prevention of tumour formation and metastasis in BALB/c nude mice
- Application of personalised medicine using an integrated service and research approach: Evaluation of vitamin D in breast cancer patients
Cancer in Children
- Responding to South Africa’s childhood cancer challenges: An in depth description of the epidemiology of paediatric cancer in the RCCH/GSH/UCT complex
- Hodgkin Lymphoma in South African Children Adolescents from 2000-2010: A first report by the South African Children’s Cancer Study Group
- TBX3 in combination with c-Myc and Nucleolin as multiple markers for the early detection of sarcomas
Cervical cancer
- Surveillance of HPV Genotypes among Patients attending Hospital Facilities with High-Grade Lesions, including Cervical Cancer, in the former Transkei region of the Eastern Cape Province
- Breast and cervical cancer symptom awareness in South Africa
- The impact of HIV status on staging, treatment and outcomes in locally advanced cervical carcinoma
- Modelling the impact of prevention strategies on cervical cancer incidence in South Africa
Colorectal cancer
Liver cancer
Lung cancer
Lymphomas
Oesophageal cancer
Ovarian cancer
Prostate cancer
Sarcomas
- TBX3 in combination with c-Myc and Nucleolin as multiple markers for the early detection of sarcomas
- The impact of Ephrin Receptor A2 polymorphisms on KSHV infectivity and Kaposi’s Sarcoma incidence and severity in HIV/AIDS patients in South Africa
- Investigating the functional consequences of novel EPHA2 polymorphisms on KSHV infectivity and KS development among South African HIV/AIDS patients
Skin cancer
Cancers in General
- Factors associated with anogenital HPV infection and disease prevalence, incidence, persistence: a prospective cohort study
- Identification of the anti-cancer protein targets of the garlic compound ajoene
- Impact of cisplatin-induced hearing loss on health-related quality of life: A prospective cohort study
- Early multimodal detection of cancers originating from synthetic hormonal therapy in a p53 knockout murine model
- Overcoming glioma resistance through lethal autophagic flux control – a multidisciplinary approach
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