TGFbeta signaling enhances wound healing inflammation in post-partum breast cancer.

Breast cancer is the leading cancer diagnosis in pre-menopausal women in the U.S. Of these breast cancers, 25% are diagnosed 2-5 years post-partum. Unfortunately, post-partum breast cancers (ppBCs) are highly metastatic. The reasons underlying the exaggerated lethality of ppBCs are unclear, but rela...

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Main Author: Williams, Andrew John
Other Authors: Rebecca S. Cook, Ph.D.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2014
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-12022014-140155/