Necrosis correlates with high vascular density and focal macrophage infiltration in invasive carcinoma of the breast

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 991-995

  Leek, R D ^a   Landers, R J ^b   Harris, A L ^a   Lewis, C E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Breast cancer; Hypoxia; Macrophage; Necrosis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CELL INFILTRATION; HUMAN; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; ISCHEMIA; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; ISCHEMIA; MACROPHAGES; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 0033067163     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690158     Document Type: Article

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