Open AccessA Model for Breast Cancer Risk Based on Stem-Cell Theory
Author(s) -
Steven A. Narod
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
current oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.053
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1718-7729
pISSN - 1198-0052
DOI - 10.3747/co.19.1003
Subject(s) - stem cell , breast cancer , medicine , cancer stem cell , cell , computational biology , cancer research , cancer , bioinformatics , oncology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , genetics
Recent studies of cells in culture and of mice models support the notion that the mammary stem cell is a precursor to the breast cancer cell 1–4. Those observations prompt an examination of beliefs about the causes of breast cancer and a consideration of novel avenues for prevention.
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