Title | Genes, Oncogenes, and Hormones [electronic resource] : Advances in Cellular and Molecular Biology of Breast Cancer / edited by Robert B. Dickson, Marc E. Lippman |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1992 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3500-3 |
Descript | XX, 446 p. online resource |
I. The Progression of Node-Negative to -Positive Breast Cancer -- 1. Prognostic Factors in Axillary Node-Negative Breast Cancer -- 2. Role of Type IV Collagenases in Human Breast Cancer -- II. Suppressor Genes and Negative Growth Factors -- 3. Suppressor Genes in Breast Cancer: An Overview -- 4. The Role of the Retinoblastoma Gene in Breast Cancer Development -- 5. Mammary Derived Growth Inhibitor (MDGI) -- 6. Roles for Transforming Growth Factors-? in the Genesis, Prevention, and Treatment of Breast Cancer -- III. Oncogenes and Stimulatory Growth Factors -- 7. Mechanisms Involving an Expanding erbB/EGF Receptor Family of Tyrosine Kinases in Human Neoplasia. -- 8. c-erbB2 Amplification and Overexpression in Human Tumors -- 9. Clinical Significance of c-erbB2B2 Protein Overexpression -- Anti-p185HER2 Monoclonal Antibodies: Biological Properties and Potential for Immunotherapy193 -- 11. A Chimeric EGFR/neu Receptor in Studies of neu Function -- 12. Involvement of Protein Kinase C in the Growth Regulation of Human Breast Cancer Cells -- 13. Tyrosine Kinase Receptor โ Nuclear Protooncogene Interactions in Breast Cancer -- IV. Steroid Hormone Receptors -- 14. Characterization and Regulation of Estrogen and Progesterone Receptors in Breast Cancer -- 15. Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Structure and Action in Breast Cancer Cells -- 16. Progesterone Receptors in Breast Cancer -- V. Differentiation and Function of Epithelium and Stroma in the Breast -- 17. Intermediate Filament Protein Expression in Normal and Malignant Human Mammary Epithelial Cells -- 18. Casein Gene Expression: From Transfection to Transgenics -- 19. The Whey Acidic Protein -- 20. Stromal-Epithelial Interactions in Breast Cancer