Hormone dependent and independent mammary tumor development from N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-treated rat mammary epithelial cell xenografts in the nude mouse: Multiple pathways and H-ras activation

Cancer Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 123-134

  Hwang, Soo In ^a   Guzman, Raphael C ^b   Swanson, Steven M ^b   Nandi, Satyabrata ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer progression; Cleared fat pad

Indexed keywords

METHYLNITROSOUREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST EPITHELIUM; BREAST HYPOPLASIA; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; HORMONE DEPENDENCE; MOUSE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; ONCOGENE H RAS; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030042071     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(96)04126-2     Document Type: Article

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