Milky spots in the greater omentum are predominant sites of local tumour cell proliferation and accumulation in the peritoneal cavity

Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 205-212

  Krist, Lambert F G ^a,b   Kerremans, Miranda ^c   Broekhuis Fluitsma, Donna M ^c   Eestermans, Inge L ^c   Meyer, Sybren ^b   Beelen, Robert H J ^c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Greater omentum; Macrophages; Milky spots; Solid metastasis; Tumour cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREATER OMENTUM; LEUKOCYTE AGGREGATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; OMENTUM; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS;

EID: 0032428128     PISSN: 03407004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002620050522     Document Type: Article

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