title: 3-D tissue modelling and virtual pathology as new approaches to study ductal carcinoma in situ.
abstract: Widespread screening mammography programmes mean that ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a pre-invasive breast lesion, is now more frequently diagnosed. However, not all diagnosed DCIS lesions progress to invasive breast cancer, which presents a dilemma for clinicians. As such, there is much interest in studying DCIS in the laboratory, in order to help understand more about its biology and determine the characteristics of those that progress to invasion. Greater knowledge would lead to targeted and better DCIS treatment. Here, we outline some of the models available to study DCIS, with a particular focus on animal-free systems.
authors.affiliation: Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Booth
authors.affiliation: Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Claire E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Nash
authors.affiliation: Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Nicholas P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.affiliation: School of Computing, University of Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Derek R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Magee
authors.affiliation: Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, Leeds, UK and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Darren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Treanor
authors.affiliation: Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hanby
authors.affiliation: Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Speirs
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000473:pathology*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans