Stromal Signaling in Cancer, Volume 154 in the Advances in Cancer Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics surrounding cancer research. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

1. The pathologic diagnosis of carcinoma in various tissues Alexandria Avery, Jay Alden, Chelsea Kramish, Corynne Caballero, Chelsea Wright-Void, and Evelyn T. Bruner2. Predictive value of collagen in cancer Peggi M. Angel and Stephen C. Zambrzycki3. Molecular sensors for detection of tumor-stroma crosstalk Brendan T. Fuller, Emily M. Buczynksi, Peter E. Beshay, and Jonathan W. Song4. Diverse roles of tumor-stromal PDGFB-to-PDGFRß signaling in breast cancer growth and metastasis Sajita Shah and Gina M. Sizemore5. Meaningful connections: Interrogating the role of physical fibroblast cell-cell communication in cancer Jaye C. Gardiner and Edna Cukierman6. Origin, activation and heterogeneity of fibroblasts associated with pancreas and breast cancersLu Han, Cara Seward, Gustavo Leone, and Michael C. Ostrowski7. PTEN in cancer associated fibroblasts Julia E. Lefler, Cara Seward, and Michael C. Ostrowski8. High-dimensionality reduction clustering of complex carbohydrates to study lung cancer metabolic heterogeneity Lindsey R. Conroy, Josephine E. Chang, Qi Sun, Harrison A. Clarke, Michael D. Buoncristiani, Lyndsay E.A. Young, Robert J. McDonald, Jinze Liu, Matthew S. Gentry, Derek B. Allison, and Ramon C. Sun