Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 November 2023) | Viewed by 306
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Breast cancer (BC) is a disease of complex multifactorial etiology and the primary cause of cancer-related death in women worldwide. In recent decades, molecular genetic studies on breast cancers have elucidated the complexity of the genetic alterations in breast cancer cells. However, despite these advances, breast cancer molecular classification is still an important task, especially in terms of disease progression and therapeutic responses.
This Special Issue of Genes aims to provide new insights into the molecular genetics of breast cancer. The editors encourage the submission of original research and review articles focusing on different aspects of molecular alterations in breast cancer cells associated with sporadic and inherited breast tumors, as well as their potential clinical applications in the risk assessment, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of the disease.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Molecular classification of breast tumors;
- Gene expression profiling;
- Mutational profiling;
- New and emerging biomarkers in breast cancer;
- New and emerging therapies for breast cancer;
- Mechanisms of therapy resistance: growth factor receptors and PI3K/AKT/mTOR as well as RAF/MEK/ERK pathway activation.
Dr. Maria Aparecida Nagai
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- molecular classification of breast tumors
- gene expression profiling
- mutational profiling
- new and emerging biomarkers in breast cancer
- new and emerging therapies for breast cancer
- mechanisms of therapy resistance: growth factor receptors and PI3K/AKT/mTOR, RAF/MEK/ERK pathway activation
