Full Description
Cancer of the Breast: Epidemiology, Diagnostics and Treatment comprehensively examines all aspects of breast cancer, including classification, risk factors involved, and prevention. While offering in-depth coverage of breast cancer biology and current therapies, the book also provides insights into the fields of cancer genetics and prevention, as well as surveillance strategies against breast cancer. Readers will find multidisciplinary approaches that promote the interaction between basic research and clinical research in the fields of oncology, genetics, and molecular biology.
This book is a valuable resource for health professionals, researchers, health practitioners, graduate and medical students, and anyone who wishes to broaden their knowledge in the allied field.
Contents
1. Epidemiology of breast cancer
2. Risk factors for breast cancer: knowledge and prevention
3. Histological and molecular classification of breast cancer: Basic understanding
4. Breast cancer stromal and its components: implication in diagnostic and therapeutic
5. Genetic behind breast cancer: Germline and somatic factors
6. Heterogeneity of breast cancer: a major cause of therapy failure
7. Recent advancement in molecular tools for breast cancer diagnosis and trends in future perspective
8. Recent development in treatment strategies for breast cancer: With special reference to immunotherapy
9. Liquid biopsy: A non-invasive tool in breast cancer diagnosis
10. Protein biomarkers in breast cancer: Implication in diagnosis and prognosis
11. Understanding of therapeutic resistance: With special resistance to breast cancer
12. Breast Cancer Stem Cell: Role in Carcinogenesis
13. Plant derived biomolecules: role in breast cancer initiation and progression
