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Editors:
  1. William L. McGuire

    1. University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, USA

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Factors Influencing Metastasis of Breast Cancer

    • Untae Kim
    Pages 1-49

  3. Mechanism of Regression in Hormone-Dependent Mammary Carcinomas

    • Pietro M. Gullino
    Pages 51-77

  4. Medical Adrenalectomy for Treatment of Metastatic Breast Carcinoma

    • Richard J. Santen, Eugeniusz Samojlik
    Pages 79-115

  5. Actions and Metabolism of Intracellular Mediators in Neoplastic Mammary Cells

    • James A. Rillema
    Pages 117-147

  6. Methods for Analyzing Steroid Receptors in Human Breast Cancer

    • Gary C. Chamness, William L. McGuire
    Pages 149-197

  7. The Role of Hormones in the Development of Human Breast Cancer

    • Marvin A. Kirschner
    Pages 199-226

  8. Risks and Benefits of Mammography

    • J. Bailar III
    Pages 227-238

  9. Male Breast Cancer

    • Richard B. Everson, Marc E. Lippman
    Pages 239-267

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 269-271
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About this book

Breast cancer continues to be a major problem. In Volume 1 of this series we dealt exclusively with topics concerned with therapy. In Volume 2 we explored various aspects of experimental biology which are critical to our developing better methods of diagnosis and treatment. In the pres­ ent volume, we tum to a series of individual topics of considerable interest, including systemic methods for hormonal ablation, screening for early cancer, male breast cancer, and more. The first chapter addresses the question of why some breast tumors metastasize and others do not. Based on elegant animal tumor models, Kim believes that metastasizing tumor cells are the undesirable by­ product of the host immune surveillance mechanism. Unstable mem­ brane structures lead to shedding of membrane constituents, abnormal locomotive properties, and evasion of the host defense system. Factors which alter membrane structure will therefore have to be considered in our approach to the management of early breast cancer.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, USA

    William L. McGuire

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Current Topics

  • Editors: William L. McGuire

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2663-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-2665-4Published: 31 July 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-2663-0Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 271

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Oncology

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