"Breast Cancer: Recent Advances in Biology, Imaging and Therapeutics" ed. by Susan J. Done

This book considers breast cancer from many novel and exciting perspectives. New insights into the basic biology of breast cancer are discussed together with high throughput approaches to molecular profiling. Innovative strategies for diagnosis and imaging are presented as well as emerging perspectives on breast cancer treatment.

Each of the topics in this volume is addressed by respected experts in their fields and it is hoped that readers will be stimulated and challenged by the contents.

Contents
Preface
Part 1 Biology
1 Progestagens and Breast Cancer Risk - In Vitro Investigations with Human Benign and Malignant Epithelial Breast Cells
2 The Electronics of HER2/neu Positive Breast Cancer Cells
3 Parathyroid Hormone Related Protein: A Marker of Breast Tumor Progression and Outcome
4 Antioxidant Enzymes as New Bio markers for Prediction of Tumor Progression in Breast Cancer
5 Adipokines - Toward the Molecular Dissection of Interactions Between Stromal Adipocytes and Breast Cancer Cells
6 Regulation of the Functional Na+/I- Symporter (NIS) Expression in Breast Cancer Cells
Part 2 Biology - High Throughput Approaches
7 Circulating Tumour Cells: Implications and Methods of Detection
8 Comparison of Genome Aberrations Between Early-Onset and Late-Onset Breast Cancer
9 Genomic and Proteomic Pathway Mapping Reveals Signatures of Mesenchymal-Epithelial Plasticity in Inflammatory Breast Cancer
10 Proteomic Analysis of Potential Breast Cancer Bio markers
11 Quantitative Organelle Proteomics of Protein Distribution in Breast Cancer MCF-7 Cells
Part 3 Diagnosis and Imaging
12 Intraductal Breast Cytology and Biopsy to the Detection and Treatment of Intraductal Lesions of the Breast
13 Diagnostic Optical Imaging of Breast Cancer: From Animal Models to First-in-Men Studies
14 Radiotracers for Molecular Imaging of Breast Cancer
15 Molecular Imaging of Breast Cancer Tissue via Site-Directed Radiopharmaceuticals
16 Imaging the Sigma-2 Receptor for Diagnosis and Prediction of Therapeutic Response
17 Computer Aided System for Nuclear Stained Breast Cancer Cell Counting
Part 4 Therapeutics
18 Preclinical and Clinical Developments in Molecular Targeting Therapeutic Strategies for Breast Cancer
19 Translational Research on Breast Cancer: miRNA, siRNA and Immunoconjugates in Conjugation with Nanotechnology for Clinical Studies
20 Validation of Growth Differentiation Factor (GDF-15) as a Radiation Response Gene and Radiosensitizing Target in Mammary Adenocarcinoma Model
21 Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: Actual Topics