This study determined that the microenvironment influences mammary cellular development and that this microenvironment differs between normal and malignant tissue. Cancer-associated fibroblasts, loss of an extracellular protein and presence of a growth factor were demonstrated to influence cancer cell migration, presenting a basis for the understanding of breast cancer metastasis
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Submitted to the School of Life and Environmental Sciences of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Deakin University
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 2007
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