Molecular Basis of Breast Cancer
Subtitle: Prevention and Treatment
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 5, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9783540003915
Subjects: Oncology; Molecular aspects; Diseases - Breast Cancer; Cancer; Pathogenesis; Consumer Health; Medical; Internal Medicine; Diseases - Cancer; Medical / Oncology; Breast Neoplasms; prevention & control; Gynecology & Obstetrics; Breast
First sentence: Breast cancer incidence rates in the United States have increased at a rate of 1% per year since 1940 [1].
Description: 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 described in which induction of differentiation in the mammary gland can promote prevention and cure of breast cancer. The book is extremely helpful both for clinicians treating patients and researchers looking for new avenues of development.