Breast cancer chemosensitivity / edited by Dihua Yu, Mien-Chie Hung.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yu, Dihua.

Hung, Mien-chie.

Series:

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 608.

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 608

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breast--Cancer--Chemotherapy.

Breast.

Drug resistance in cancer cells.

Breast Neoplasms--drug therapy.

Antineoplastic Agents--pharmacology.

Drug Resistance, Neoplasm--physiology.

Medical Subjects:

Breast Neoplasms--drug therapy.

Antineoplastic Agents--pharmacology.

Drug Resistance, Neoplasm--physiology.

Physical Description:

xiii, 175 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Science+Business Media ; Austin, Tex. : Landes Bioscience, [2007]

Contents:

Overview of resistance to systemic therapy in patients with breast cancer / Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo, Flavia Morales-Vasquez and Gabriel N. Hortobagyi

Roles of multidrug resistance genes in breast cancer chemoresistance / M. Tien Kuo

Therapy-induced apoptosis in primary tumors / David J. McConkey

Cell cycle deregulation in breast cancer: insurmountable chemoresistance or achilles' heel? / Laura Lambert and Khandan Keyomarsi

p53, BRCA1 and breast cancer chemoresistance / Kimberly A. Scata and Wafik S. El-Deiry

Integrin-mediated adhesion: tipping the balance between chemosensitivity and chemoresistance / Mary M. Zutter

Insulin-like growth factors and breast cancer therapy / Xianke Zeng and Douglas Yee

EGF receptor in breast cancer chemoresistance / Robert B. Dickson and T.B. Deb

Molecular mechanisms of ErbB2-mediated breast cancer chemoresistance / Ming Tan and Dihua Yu

Estrogen receptors in resistance to hormone therapy / Matthew H. Herynk and Suzanne A.W. Fuqua

Novel approaches for chemosensitization of breast cancer cells: the E1A story / Yong Liao, Dihua Yu and Mien-Chie Hung.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780387740379

0387740376

OCLC:

157002739