TY - CHAP AU - Fengyan Yu AU - Qiang Liu AU - Yujie Liu AU - Jieqiong Liu AU - Erwei Song ED - Mehmet Gunduz ED - Esra Gunduz Y1 - 2011-12-14 PY - 2011 T1 - Breast Cancer Stem Cells N2 - Cancer is the leading cause of death in most countries and its consequences result in huge economic, social and psychological burden. Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer type and the leading cause of cancer death among females. In this book, we discussed characteristics of breast cancer cell, role of microenvironment, stem cells and metastasis for this deadly cancer. We hope that this book will contribute to the development of novel diagnostic as well as therapeutic approaches. BT - Breast Cancer SP - Ch. 13 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/22006 DO - 10.5772/22006 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-20 ER -