Molecular Basis of Breast Cancer

Prevention and Treatment

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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book, whose goal is to comprehensively review in ten During the past 30 years we have witnessed the emer chapters the fundamental knowledge on breast can gence of new disciplines whose contribution to the understanding of the biology of breast cancer have cer. The opening chapter links epidemiology, influ been enormous. Advances in the field of steroid hor ence of geographic and environmental exposures on mone nuclear receptors, which control the expression cancer incidence to the development of the organ and of genetic programs involved in cellular processes its role in cancer initiation. Central to this approach that are essential for normal and aberrant cell is the endocrine control of breast development, the growth, have been major contributors to the therapy relationship of cell proliferation with the presence of and prevention of hormone-dependent cancers. The steroid hormone receptors in the breast epithelium, and finally the importance of full differentiation as a discoveries of the association of hereditary breast cancers with mutations in the BRCAl and BRCA2 tool for protecting the breast from developing cancer. genes, and the concept that they essentially represent Reported are studies of the pathogenesis of breast a continuum of mutations with different degrees of cancer that have elucidated the site of origin of breast penetrance within given families, have added consid cancer and have been validated by in vitro experi erable understanding to the molecular basis of breast mentation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2014-08-23
Mått193 x 242 x 25 mm
Vikt894 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor448
FörlagSpringer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN9783642622700

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Onkologi inom Medicin
Gynekologi och obstetrik inom Medicin

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.

From the reviews: "This book provides the scientific basis for a new paradigm according to which breast cancer prevention and treatment should be developed. The book is unique in that it is based on an understanding of the developmental pattern of the breast in rodents and humans." (Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, Vol. 58, 2004) "This is a comprehensive and detailed textbook which covers all the fundamental areas of knowledge on breast cancer. ... This text provides an excellent reference book for anyone involved in this field ... . For those wanting an in-depth knowledge of this rapidly expanding field, this is easy to read and tackles complex theories very successfully with excellent illustrations to all chapters." (Erika Denton, RAD Magazine, September, 2004) "Molecular Basis of Breast Cancer provides a window through which to view some future strategies in the prevention of breast cancer. This richly illustrated book has a unique focus and original perspective. ... The broad summary of the scientific literature on this area of research strongly adds value to the book." (Robert B. Dickson, The New England Journal of Medicine, Issue 9, 2004)