Breast Cancer, the official journal of the Japanese Breast Cancer Society, publishes articles that contribute to progress in the field, in basic or translational research and also in clinical research, seeking to develop a new focus and new perspectives for all who are concerned with breast cancer. The journal welcomes all original articles describing clinical and epidemiological studies and laboratory investigations regarding breast cancer and related diseases. The journal will consider five types of articles: editorials, review articles, original articles, case reports, and rapid communications. Although editorials and review articles will principally be solicited by the editors, they can also be submitted for peer review, as in the case of original articles. The journal provides the best of up-to-date information on breast cancer, presenting readers with high-impact, original work focusing on pivotal issues.

Editor-in-Chief
Yasuo Miyoshi
Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo
Deputy Editors-in-Chief
Tetsu Hayashida
Keio University, Tokyo
Takayuki Ueno
Cancer Institute Hospital,Tokyo
Editors Emeriti
Yasuo Nomura
Oikawa Hospital, Fukuoka
Masakuni Noguchi
Kanazawa Medical University, Kanazawa
Masahiro Hiraoka
Kyoto University, Kyoto
Shinzaburo Noguchi
Osaka University, Osaka
Masakazu Toi
Kyoto University, Kyoto
Associate Editors
Koji Arihiro
Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima
Shin-ichi Hayashi
Tohoku University, Miyagi
Hiroshi Ishiguro
International University of Health and Welfare Hospital, Tochigi
Naoki Kanomata
St.Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo
Kumiko Karasawa
Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital, Tokyo
Masako Kataoka
Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto
Tomohiko Ohta
St.Marianna University School of Medicine, Tokyo
Yasuaki Sagara
Sagara Hospital, Kagoshima
Masahiro Sugimoto
Keio University, Yamagata
Hiroshi Tada
Tohoku University, Miyagi
Naruto Taira
Okayama University, Okayama
Toshimi Takano
Toranomon Hospital,Tokyo
Masahiko Tanabe
Tokyo University, Tokyo
Eriko Tokunaga
National Hospital Organization Kyusyu Cancer Center, Fukuoka
Mitsuhiro Tozaki
Sagara Hospital, Kagoshima
Seiichiro Yamamoto
National Cancer Center, Tokyo
Editorial Consultants
J. Patrick Barron
Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo
Seth M. Sullivan
Cushing Memorial Hospital, USA
International Editorial Board
Hiroyuki Abe
University of Chicago, USA

John Benson
Anglia Ruskin University, UK

Monica Fornier
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA

Stephen Fox
University of Melbourne, Australia
Peter MaCCallum Cancer Centre, Australia

Wonshik Han
Seoul National University, South Korea

Adrian L. Harris
University of Oxford, UK

Gabriel N. Hortobagyi
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA

Chiun-Sheng Huang
National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Seong-Jin Kim
CHA University, South Korea

David Krag
University of Vermont, USA

Soonmyung Paik
Yonsei University College of Medicine, South Korea
NSABP Foundation, USA

Philip Poortmans
Radboud University medical center, the Netherlands

Richard M. Rainsbury
Royal Hampshire County Hospital, UK

Martin Stockler
University of Sydney, Australia

Laszlo Tabar
Falun Central Hospital, Sweden

Tiffany A. Traina
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA

Keun-Young Yoo
Seoul National University, South Korea