Breast Cancer
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Breast Cancer

Prognosis, Treatment, and Prevention

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eBook - ePub

Breast Cancer

Prognosis, Treatment, and Prevention

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Now in its second edition, this bestselling title has been extensively revised and expanded to include new topics on:obesity and breast cancerinduction of anti-hormone and anti-growth factor resistance in breast cancerclinical implications of testosterone and breast cancerinsulin-like growth factorsdiscussions on the biological, genetic, and molecu

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Preface
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Contributors
  7. 1 Breast Architecture and the Pathogenesis of Cancer
  8. 2 The Enzymatic Systems in the Formation and Transformation of Estrogens in Normal and Cancerous Human Breast: Control and Potential Clinical Applications
  9. 3 Pregnancy and Breast Cancer
  10. 4 The Cellular Origins of Breast Cancer Subtypes
  11. 5 The Importance of Estrogen Receptors in Breast Cancer
  12. 6 Progesterone Receptor Isoforms and Human Breast Cancer
  13. 7 Compensatory Signaling Promoted by Antihormones and Anti-Growth Factor Therapies in Breast Cancer: A Starting Point for the Development of Resistance to Targeted Treatments
  14. 8 Apoptosis, Cell Death, and Breast Cancer
  15. 9 Aromatase Inhibitors and Their Application to the Treatment of Breast Cancer
  16. 10 Aromatase Inhibition in Breast Cancer: Update of Clinical Applications
  17. 11 Testosterone, Other Androgens and Breast Cancer
  18. 12 Combination of Breast Cancer Prevention with Tissue-Targeted Hormone Replacement Therapy
  19. 13 Practical Progress in the Chemoprevention of Breast Cancer with Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators
  20. 14 Oncostatic Effect of Analogs of LHRH on Breast Cancer
  21. 15 Vitamin D and Breast Cancer
  22. 16 Insulin-Like Growth Factor Signaling in Normal Mammary Gland Development and Breast Cancer Progression
  23. 17 Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I and Breast Cancer: Epidemiological and Clinical Data
  24. 18 Proliferation of Breast Cells by Steroid Hormones and Their Metabolites
  25. 19 Lignans and Breast Cancer
  26. 20 Breast Cancer Risk, Soyfood Intake, and Isoflavone Exposure: A Review of the In Vitro, Animal, Epidemiologic, and Clinical Literature
  27. 21 Body Size and Breast Cancer
  28. 22 Antiangiogenic Therapy of Breast Cancer: Rationale and Clinical Results
  29. 23 Cytotoxic Therapy and Other Non-Hormonal Approaches for the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer
  30. 24 Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Systemic Chemotherapy and Biologic Therapy for Operable and Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
  31. 25 BRCA1, BRCA2, and Hereditary Breast Cancer
  32. Index