Endocrine Abstracts

Gross cystic disease of the breast is a condition afflicting 7% of western women and confers an increased risk of developing breast cancer. Biochemical analyses of breast cyst fluid (BCF) have allowed the identification of various components of BCF and the classification of breast cysts into type I and II cysts. Gross cystic disease fluid proteins (GCDFP) are a family of proteins found in BCF and include albumin, apolipoprotein D and prolactin inducible protein (PIP). It is pr...