Zeitschrift für Krebsdiagnose

Abstrakt

An overview of pathophysiology in breast cancer

Mohammadreza Khanmohammadi

Breast cancer, like other cancers, occurs because of an interaction between an environmental (external) factor and a genetically susceptible host. Normal cells divide as many times as needed and stop. They attach to other cells and stay in place in tissues. Cells become cancerous when they lose their ability to stop dividing, to attach to other cells, to stay where they belong, and to die at the proper time.