APPROACHES IN THE THERAPY OF BREAST-CANCER - INTRODUCTION

Interaction of academic medical research centers with the pharmaceutic al and biotechnology industries is essential for progress in exploring new avenues for therapy of breast cancer. This special issue of Breas t Cancer Research and Treatment reports the proceedings of a conferenc e held by the Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, on progre ss toward development of new therapies for breast cancer. These chapte rs are organized to present the following topics: immunotherapy, tumor growth pathways and their inhibition, and tumor-host interaction path ways and their inhibition.