Metastasis of Breast Cancer

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Mansel, R.E. (Editor), Fodstad, Oystein. (Editor), Jiang, Wen G. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Series:Cancer Metastasis - Biology and Treatment, 11
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5867-7
Table of Contents:
  • 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.