New approaches in the therapy of breast cancer--introduction

Interaction of academic medical research centers with the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries is essential for progress in exploring new avenues for therapy of breast cancer. This special issue of Breast Cancer Research and Treatment reports the proceedings of a conference held by the Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, on progress toward development of new therapies for breast cancer. These chapters are organized to present the following topics: immunotherapy, tumor growth pathways and their inhibition, and tumor-host interaction pathways and their inhibition.