Proceedings of the Conference of the International Association for Breast Cancer Research, St. Vincent, Aosta Valley.
Dogliotti, L.; Sapino, A.; Bussolati, G.
Springer Verlag
2013
I. Activation of Cellular Oncogenes.- 1. The Role of Oncogenes and Onco-Suppressor Genes in Human Breast Cancer.- 2. Expression of the MET Oncogene in Human Tumors.- 3. c-erbB-2, a Tyrosine Kinase Growth Factor Receptor and its Role in Breast Cancer.- 4. Mammary Morphogenesis and Oncogenes.- II. Polypeptides and Growth Factors Expression.- 5. Interdependence of Hormones and Growth Factors in Lobulo-Alveolar Development of the Mammary Gland and Tumorigenesis.- 6. The Role of Estrogen Regulated Secreted Proteins for Growth Regulation of Human Breast Cancer.- 7. The Prolactin-lnducible Protein / Gross Cystic Disease Fluid Protein (PIP/GCDFP-15): Genetic Analysis and Hormonal Regulation of Gene Expression.- III. Mammary Epithelium and Stroma in Vivo and in Vitro.- 8. Role of RAS Oncogene in Human Breast Cancer: an Experimental Approach.- 9. Interactions Between Malignant and Non-Malignant Components of the Breast.- 10. Involvement of Heparanase and Extracellular Matrix-Bound Fibroblast Growth Factor in Tumor Progression.- IV. Hormone Responsiveness and Oral Contraceptives.- 11. Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Activity in Breast Cancer Cells.- 12. Oral Contraceptives and Breast Cancer: the Scope for a Hypothesis-Oriented Approach.- V. Risk Factors; Monitoring of Breast Cancer Progression and Regression.- 13. Benign Breast Disease: Links to Risk of Cancer.- 14. Proliferation Rate in Different Cell Types in Benign Breast Disease.- 15. Aspects of Cell Mediated Immunity in Monitoring Breast Cancer.- 16. New Approaches to the Study of Selenium's Chemopreventive Properties.- VI. Biological Factors of Prognosis; the Metastatic Phenotype.- 17. Cell Kinetics as an Indicator for Prognosis and Therapy.- 18. Cathepsin D and Breast Cancer Metastasis: Biological and Clinical Significance.- 19. Diagnostic tools and prognostic factors in human breast cancer evaluated by morphological and immunohistochemical methods.- VII.Therapeutic Strategies in Breast Cancer Treatment.- 20. Oestrogen-Deprivation in Breast Cancer: Clinical and Experimental Observations.- 21. Polyamines and Growth Factors as Possible Targets for Antitumor Therapy in Breast Cancer.- 22. New Diagnostic Methods and Treatment Modalities in Breast Cancer.