Metastasis of Breast Cancer

Metastasis (spread of cancer in the body) is the main cause of death for patients with breast cancer, the leading female tumour in the industrialised countries and developing countries alike. The biology and treatment of breast cancer metastasis remains an active area of scientific and clinical inve...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Mansel, Robert E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Fodstad, Oystein (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Jiang, Wen G. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
Σειρά:Cancer Metastasis – Biology and Treatment, 11
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Metastasis of breast cancer: an introduction
  • The genetic control of breast cancer metastasis
  • BRCA1 in initiation, invasion, and metastasis of breast cancer: a perspective from the tumor microenvironment
  • Cell motility and breast cancer metastasis
  • Tight junctions and metastasis of breast cancer
  • Cell adhesion molecules in breast cancer invasion and metastasis
  • Endocrine resistance and breast cancer invasion
  • The role of aromatase and other oestrogen producing enzymes in mammary carcinogenesis
  • The role of the HGF regulatory factors in breast cancer
  • The insulin-like growth factor-1 ligand in breast cancer management
  • Lymphangiogenesis and metastatic spread of breast cancer
  • Breast cancer secreted factors alter the bone microenvironment
  • Cyclooxygenease-2 and breast cancer
  • Prognostic and predictive factors in human breast cancer
  • Molecular imaging in metastatic breast cancer
  • Detection of disseminated tumor cells in the bone marrow and blood of breast cancer patients
  • Sentinel lymph node biopsy in early-stage breast cancer
  • Surgical management of patients with metastatic breast cancer
  • Therapeutic aspect of metastatic breast cancer: chemotherapy
  • The diagnosis and treatment of bone metastases in breast cancer
  • Hormonal therapies of metastatic breast cancer: the past and the present.