Breast Cancer Research and Treatment is a scientific journal

Scientific journal

In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...

 focused on the treatment of and investigations in breast cancer

Breast cancer

Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...

. It is targeted towards a wide audience of clinical research

Clinical research

Clinical research is a branch of medical science that determines the safety and effectiveness of medications, devices, diagnostic products and treatment regimens intended for human use...

ers, epidemiologists

Epidemiology

Epidemiology is the study of health-event, health-characteristic, or health-determinant patterns in a population. It is the cornerstone method of public health research, and helps inform policy decisions and evidence-based medicine by identifying risk factors for disease and targets for preventive...

, immunologists

Immunology

Immunology is a broad branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system in all organisms. It deals with the physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and diseases; malfunctions of the immune system in immunological disorders ; the...

, or cell biologists

Cell biology

Cell biology is a scientific discipline that studies cells – their physiological properties, their structure, the organelles they contain, interactions with their environment, their life cycle, division and death. This is done both on a microscopic and molecular level...

 interested in breast cancer.

The types of articles in this journal include original research, invited reviews, discussions on controversial issues, book reviews, meeting reports, letters to the editors, and editorials. Manuscripts are peer review

Peer review

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ed by an international and multidisciplinary panel of advisory editors.

10 popular (= highly-cited) articles from this journal

• Toi M, Inada K, Suzuki H, Tominaga T. (1995). Tumor angiogenesis in breast cancer: its importance as a prognostic indicator and the association with vascular endothelial growth factor expression. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 36:193 - 204.

• Ferrara N. (1995). The role of vascular endothelial growth factor in pathological angiogenesis. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 36:127 - 137.

• Earp HS, Dawson TL, Li X, Yu H. (1995). Heterodimerization and functional interaction between EGF receptor family members: a new signaling paradigm with implications for breast cancer research. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 35:115 - 132.

• Ganz PA, Coscarelli A, Fred C, Kahn B, Polinsky ML, Petersen L. (1996). Breast cancer survivors: psychosocial concerns and quality of life. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 38:183 - 199.

• Del Giudice ME, Fantus IG, Ezzat S, McKeown-Eyssen G, Page D, Goodwin PJ. (1998). Insulin and related factors in premenopausal breast cancer risk. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 47:111 - 120.

• Russo J, Ao X, Grill C, Russo IH. (1999). Pattern of distribution of cells positive for estrogen receptor alpha and progesterone receptor in relation to proliferating cells in the mammary gland. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 53:217 - 227.

• Tilanus-Linthorst MM, Obdeijn IM, Bartels KC, de Koning HJ, Oudkerk M. (2000). First experiences in screening women at high risk for breast cancer with MR imaging. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 63:53 - 60.

• Cauley JA, Norton L, Lippman ME, Eckert S, Krueger KA, Purdie DW, Farrerons J, Karasik A, Mellstrom D, Ng KW, Stepan JJ, Powles TJ, Morrow M, Costa A, Silfen SL, Walls EL, Schmitt H, Muchmore DB, Jordan VC, Ste-Marie LG. (2001). Continued breast cancer risk reduction in postmenopausal women treated with raloxifene: 4-year results from the MORE trial. Multiple outcomes of raloxifene evaluation. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 65:125 - 134.

• Peeters PH, Keinan-Boker L, van der Schouw YT, Grobbee DE. (2003). Phytoestrogens and breast cancer risk. Review of the epidemiological evidence. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 77:171 - 183.

• Lacroix M
  Marc Lacroix
  Marc Guy Albert Marie Lacroix [pronunciation: "mɑːk lakʁwa"] is a biochemist and a researcher who specializes in breast cancer biology, metastasis and therapy....
  
  , Leclercq G. (2004). Relevance of breast cancer cell lines as models for breast tumours: an update. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 83:249 – 289,