Long-term culture of primary breast cancer in defined medium

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-259

  McCallum, H Morag ^a   Lowther, Gordon W ^a  

^a VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cell lines; Serum free medium; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETAL CALF SERUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029757373     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01806153     Document Type: Article

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