title: Why Does the Weeping Willow Weep? Reconceptualizing Oncogenesis in Breast Cancer.
abstract: Like other human anatomical systems, the mammary ducts and glands at the time of lactation adhere to a perfect fractal geometry - which is destroyed by breast cancer. Could a loss of fractal geometry of the blood supply to human tissue be an early step in oncogenesis?
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baum
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D063646:Carcinogenesis / Q000235:genetics; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D017709:Fractals; D006801:Humans; D007774:Lactation; D042361:Mammary Glands, Human / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D055641:Mathematical Concepts; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000209:etiology; D032108:Salix