AFRO	African Regional Office
BrdU	5-Bromo-2′-Deoxyuridine
Bax	B-cell Lymphoma 2-Associated X
Bcl-2	B-cell Lymphoma 2
CANSA	South African Cancer Association
CASPASE	Cysteine-Aspartic Proteases
cDNA	Complementary Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DAPI	4′, 6 Diamidino-2-phenylindoleDD: Death Domain
DMSO	Dimethyl Sulfoxide
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic Acid
FBS	Foetal Bovine Serum
GLOBOCAN	Global Burden of Diseases and Cancer Collaboration
IARC	International Agency for Research on Cancer
IC50	Half-maxima Inhibitory Concentration
MTT	3-(4,5- dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5 diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide
NCI	National Cancer Institute
PBS	Phosphate-Buffered Saline
PI	Propidium Iodide
RT-PCR	Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction
SANBI	South African National Biodiversity Institute
TBE	Tris-Borate-EDTA
TMB	3,3′,5,5′- Tetramethylbenzidine
WHO	World Health Organization
WHO-AFRO	World Health Organization African Regional Office