Event Title
The Role of the Cellular Microenvironment in Breast Cancer
Department
Biology
Location
Henry M. Hogan Campus Center
Start Date
8-4-2017 10:00 AM
End Date
8-4-2017 11:15 AM
Description
A focus of much cancer research is the goal of understanding the mechanisms that drive uncontrolled cell division. For many years, the predominant hypothesis has been that tumors arise because a single cell develops enough mutations that it begins to divide uncontrollably, thus leading to a tumor derived primarily from that single mutated cell. More recently, researchers have been exploring additional models of cancer development in an effort to explain the diversity of growth patterns seen in tumors in patients. In this class, we will discuss recent ideas that have been published by cancer researchers related to the role that the cellular microenvironment might play in the development of cancer, specifically breast cancer.
The Role of the Cellular Microenvironment in Breast Cancer
Henry M. Hogan Campus Center
A focus of much cancer research is the goal of understanding the mechanisms that drive uncontrolled cell division. For many years, the predominant hypothesis has been that tumors arise because a single cell develops enough mutations that it begins to divide uncontrollably, thus leading to a tumor derived primarily from that single mutated cell. More recently, researchers have been exploring additional models of cancer development in an effort to explain the diversity of growth patterns seen in tumors in patients. In this class, we will discuss recent ideas that have been published by cancer researchers related to the role that the cellular microenvironment might play in the development of cancer, specifically breast cancer.