Metastasis of breast cancer: an introduction -- The genetic control of breast cancer metastasis -- BRCA1 in initiation, invasion, and metastasis of breast cancer: a perspective from the tumor microenvironment -- Cell motility and breast cancer metastasis -- Tight junctions and metastasis of breast cancer -- Cell adhesion molecules in breast cancer invasion and metastasis -- Endocrine resistance and breast cancer invasion -- The role of aromatase and other oestrogen producing enzymes in mammary carcinogenesis -- The role of the HGF regulatory factors in breast cancer -- The insulin-like growth factor-1 ligand in breast cancer management -- Lymphangiogenesis and metastatic spread of breast cancer -- Breast cancer secreted factors alter the bone microenvironment -- Cyclooxygenease-2 and breast cancer -- Prognostic and predictive factors in human breast cancer -- Molecular imaging in metastatic breast cancer -- Detection of disseminated tumor cells in the bone marrow and blood of breast cancer patients -- Sentinel lymph node biopsy in early-stage breast cancer -- Surgical management of patients with metastatic breast cancer -- Therapeutic aspect of metastatic breast cancer: chemotherapy -- The diagnosis and treatment of bone metastases in breast cancer -- Hormonal therapies of metastatic breast cancer: the past and the present.