Highlights from Breast Cancer Research

Breast Cancer Research Impact Factor: 5.211 Editor-in-Chief: Lewis Chodosh   Breast Cancer Research Impact Factor: 5.211 Editor-in-Chief: Lewis Chodosh     Submit Manuscript  |  Editorial Board  |  Submission Guidelines  |  Article Alerts   Dear Dr Wirawan, We would like to share with you some highlights in Breast Cancer Research from May and June 2016. For the full list of articles published in Breast Cancer Research, please visit the journal website. Don't forget Breast Cancer Research has its own Twitter account! To stay updated with the latest journal news, please follow @BCRJournal, and make sure to recommend to your colleagues. Featured Articles Neutrophils drive accelerated tumor progression in the collagen-dense mammary tumor microenvironment María G. García-Mendoza et al. suggest that tumor progression in a collagen-dense microenvironment is mechanistically different, with pro-tumor neutrophils, compared to a non-dense microenvironment. Cancer stem cell metabolism Even though cancer is now viewed as a stem cell disease, there is still no consensus on the metabolic characteristics of these cells. This review by Maria Peiris-Pagès et al. summarizes the latest findings and discoveries on cancer stem cell metabolism. Cholesterol biosynthesis pathway as a novel mechanism of resistance to estrogen deprivation in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer Nikiana Simigdala et al. report data that provide support for the role of cholesterol biosynthesis enzymes and the cholesterol metabolites, 25-HC and 27-HC, in a novel mechanism of resistance to endocrine therapy in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer that has potential as a therapeutic target. From the Blog Hidden Treasure: uncovering the potential of excess animal tissue Bethany Morrissey talks about SEARCHBreast, an initiative for the replacement, refinement and reduction of animals in research. Getting by with a little help from our friends: breast cancer and social environment Discussion of a review that looks at the effect of support from friends when living with cancer, and how this might reduce mortality. News Winners of the Breast Cancer Research Image Competition 2016 We are pleased to announce the winners of the Breast Cancer Research Image Competition, run in partnership with the UK's largest breast cancer charity, Breast Cancer Now. Congratulations to Victoria Cookson, Post Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Sheffield, UK who was the Immunofluorescence and overall winner with a spheroid generated from a 3D culture of fluorescently labelled MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. Congratulations also to the 3 category winners: Sarah Boyle, Edward P Carter and James C McConnell. Submit your Research Breast Cancer Research offers fast and thorough peer review, with rapid publication and PubMed indexing after acceptance. All research is open access, giving high visibility to your work. Why not consider publishing your next research article with Breast Cancer Research? To find out whether your article is suitable for the journal, send a presubmission enquiry to editorial@breast-cancer-research.com. Submit Manuscript Editorial Board Submission Guidelines Article Alerts Follow BioMed Central: How to ensure BioMed Central's emails reach your inbox You have received this message in a belief that it would be of interest. If you would not like to receive any further messages from BioMed Central, please visit our general unsubscribe page. For further information or enquiries please contact Customer Services at:info@biomedcentral.com. BioMed Central Ltd 236 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8HB, United Kingdom. Part of Springer Nature. Privacy Policy BMC40045   www.springernature.com