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Welcome to Breast Cancer Research

  Editor-in-Chief: Lewis A Chodosh (USA)
  Editor Emeritus: Bruce AJ Ponder (UK)
  Deputy editors: Hans-Olov Adami (Sweden), Jenny Chang (USA), Stephen RD Johnston (UK),
  and Sunil Lakhani (Australia)

Research highlight: Green tea compound sensitizes breast tumors

Treatment with (-)-epigallocatechin gallate, a polyphenol isolated from green tea, increases the sensitivity of breast tumors to paclitaxel in vivo and could be used to make this therapeutic agent more effective.

Breast Cancer Research 2010, 12:R8

Latest articles

	Viewpoint Estrogen receptor action in three dimensions - looping the loop Vasiliki Theodorou, Jason S Carroll Breast Cancer Research 2010, 12:303 (8 February 2010) [PDF]

	Editorial *Have the roles of two functional polymorphisms in breast cancer, R72P in P53* and MDM2-309 in MDM2, become clearer? Rodney J Scott** Breast Cancer Research 2010, 12:102 (3 February 2010) [PDF]

	Viewpoint Tracking the genomic evolution of breast cancer metastasis Davide Zecchin, Alberto Bardelli Breast Cancer Research 2010, 12:302 (2 February 2010) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Research article ABL-N-induced apoptosis in human breast cancer cells is partially mediated by c-Jun NH₂-terminal kinase activation Bin Liu, Mei Han, Rong-Hua Sun, Jun-Jie Wang, Yan-Ping Zhang, Di-Qun Zhang, Jin-Kun Wen Breast Cancer Research 2010, 12:R9 (25 January 2010) [Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

	Viewpoint MicroRNAs: shortcuts in dealing with molecular complexity? Gabriela Dontu, Emanuele de Rinaldis Breast Cancer Research 2009, 12:301 (19 January 2010) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Editorial The more things change ... the more things change: developmental plasticity of tumor-initiating mammary epithelial cells Michael T Lewis Breast Cancer Research 2009, 12:101 (18 January 2010) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Thank you to all our reviewers in 2009

We are grateful for your help in ensuring Breast Cancer Research's authors receive prompt, thorough and constructive feedback on their work.

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Volume 11 Suppl 3

Controversies in Breast Cancer 2009

Short communications

Volume 11 Suppl 2

Royal College of Radiologists Breast Group Annual Scientific Meeting

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All reviews, commentaries and reports published in Breast Cancer Research become free to access 6 months after publication. See below for the latest free review.

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Recent advances in systemic therapy: Advances in systemic therapy for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer

Phuong Khanh H Morrow, Francisco Zambrana, Francisco J Esteva

Breast Cancer Research 2009, 11:207 (15 July 2009)

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