Year: 2015
Type: dissertation
Abstract: An increasing number of advanced breast cancer patients develop overt brain metastases.This is partly due to recent advances in therapies for visceral metastases that extend life of patients but remain largely ineffective against late stage brain metastases.Among the subtypes of breast cancer, triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is particularly aggressive and has a strong propensity to metastasise to the brain.Although TNBC are initially sensitive to chemotherapy (Keam et al., 2007), I really thank God for providing me with everything that I needed in my PhD so that I could focus on my work.I strongly believe that my tuition fees and living costs in the last four years were covered by His grace.Without His help, I would not have been able to finish my PhD.He also kept providing me with comfort and relief so that I could walk my way by Him even when I was complaining about or was frustrated by my work.Doing a PhD in a second language was even more challenging.Yet I praise God for watching and protecting me and helping me grow all the way through.My special gratitude goes to my principal supervisor Dr. Normand Pouliot for supervising me for the past four years doing my brain metastasis project, which I really loved, for putting up with my broken English (I know you must have been painful), for your consistent insistence (it was tough, but without that, my project could not have made progress this much) and for being my friend (I am sure I will miss your jokes ).Also I would like to thank my co-supervisor Dr. Delphine Denoyer for supervising me with Norm, supporting me and answering my questions.Your co-supervision showed me an array of ideas and insights.I really appreciate that.And I am grateful to Dr. Nathan Godde as my mentor for giving me support and advice, being a great listener and a role model and treating me
Author: Soo‐Hyun Kim
Language: English
Subfield: Oncology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Cancer Council Victoria
OpenAlex ID: W2340286538