Molecular Basis of Breast Cancer : Prevention and Treatment /
This richly illustrated atlas-like book provides a foundation for the biological and molecular understanding of how the mammary gland develops and how breast cancer originates. The main goal is to comprehensively review in ten chapters fundamental knowledge in breast cancer. New paradigms are descri...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
2004.
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Table of Contents:
- Epidemiology of breast cancer
- The breast as a developing organ
- Endocrine control of the breast
- The role of estrogens in breast cancer
- Pathogenesis of breast cancer
- Prognostic and predictive factors in breast cancer
- The impact of the human genomic project on breast cancer
- The role of experimental models of breast cancer
- Preventive strategies in breast cancer
- New paradigms in the prevention of breast cancer
- Biological laws that determine the susceptibility and refractoriness of the breast to cancer.