Conflict grows over breast cancer strategy

Realistic rodents? Debate grows over new mouse models of cancer.

Both the orthotopic and transgenic camps can muster strong theoretical arguments for their respective models. But for all their faults, subcutaneous xenografts remain the standard for cancer drug screening in the pharmaceutical industry. These models are relatively easy to make and simple to use, since tumor growth on the mouse fl ank can be measured with just a pair of calipers. The U.S. Food ...

The Conflict Over Conflict Management

Excerpt] In this article we look at the traditional approach to workplace conflict, the evolution of conflict management, criticism of this process by progressive and traditional critics, and then consider whether they can be reconciled by taking what we call a strategic view of conflict management in the workplace. This view calls for an alignment between the goals of the conflict management s...

Postmenopausal breast cancer: a best endocrine strategy?

www.thelancet.com Vol 386 October 3, 2015 1317 Postmenopausal, oestrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancers account for the majority of the 1·7 million breast cancers diagnosed annually worldwide. Adjuvant endocrine therapy dramatically improves survival among such patients, making it vital to understand the best treatment strategies. For decades, the Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collabora...

Breast Implants and Breast Cancer

The Strategy of Manipulating Conflict

Two decision-makers choose hawkish or dovish actions in a conflict game with incomplete information. The decision-making can be manipulated by “extremists” who send publicly observed cheaptalk messages. The power of extremists depends on the nature of the underlying conflict game. If actions are strategic complements, a “hawkish extremist” (provocateur) can increase the likelihood of conflict b...