Clinicopathological significance of cytotoxic lymphocytes in breast cancer and draining lymph nodes

Chinese Journal of Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 384-388

  Wang, Hong Yan ^a   He, Jian Jun ^b   Shi, Qin Feng ^b   Lai, Bao Chang ^b   Ding, Hai Yan ^b   Zheng, Jin ^b   Wang, Yi Li ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Lymphocytes, cytotoxic; Tumor transfer, suppressive

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GRANZYME B; PERFORIN;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER STAGING; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD56; ANTIGENS, CD8; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANZYMES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERFORIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 67650373509     PISSN: 05295807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5807.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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