Breast Cancer Metastasis: Challenges and Opportunities
Open Access
- 15 June 2009
- journal article
- Published by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Cancer Research
- Vol. 69 (12) , 4951-4953
Abstract
Despite exciting progress in the understanding of breast cancer development and progression, and in the development of novel therapeutic strategies, breast cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer-related death in women, with a yearly toll of more than 40,000 deaths in the United StatesKeywords
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