TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Breast Cancer and Related Diseases A1 - Dang, Catherine M. A1 - Audeh, M. William A2 - Karlan, Beth Y. A2 - Bristow, Robert E. A2 - Li, Andrew J. PY - 2015 T2 - Gynecologic Oncology: Clinical Practice and Surgical Atlas AB - Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women throughout the world, and particularly in Westernized, developed countries. The relative roles of genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors in explaining the high incidence of breast cancer in the modern world is a subject of much debate. However, it is clear that the complex biology of the human breast and its involvement in the reproductive cycle is also the basis for the increased susceptibility of this organ to malignant transformation.1 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Medical CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/03 UR - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106571224 ER -