| Literature DB >> 17318269 |
Pepper Schedin1, Jenean O'Brien, Michael Rudolph, Torsten Stein, Virginia Borges.
Abstract
Breast cancer diagnosed after a completed pregnancy has higher metastatic potential and therefore a much poorer prognosis. We hypothesize that following pregnancy the process of mammary gland involution, which returns the gland to its pre-pregnant state, co-opts some of the programs of wound healing. The pro-inflammatory milieu that results, while physiologically normal, promotes tumor progression. In this review, the similarities between mammary gland involution after cessation of milk-production and pathological tissue remodeling are discussed in light of emerging data demonstrating a role for pathological tissue remodeling in cancer.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17318269 DOI: 10.1007/s10911-007-9039-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia ISSN: 1083-3021 Impact factor: 2.673