Understanding the mechanism of how stress affects tumour progression and metastasis in breast cancer.

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Abstract

The aim of my project is to investigate the effect and significance of stress hormones on the progression/metastasis of breast cancer to the brain and will consider routes to mitigate the effect caused by stress through the administration of stress hormones receptor antagonists.


Date of Award2020
Original languageEnglish
SupervisorMelanie Flint (Supervisor) & Graham Sheridan (Supervisor)

Keywords

  • Breast cancer
  • stress
  • cortisol
  • cancer metastasis
  • brain metastasis

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