N-methylnitrosourea induced breast cancer in rat, the histopathology of the resulting tumours and its drawbacks as a model

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-121

  Perse M ^a   Cerar, A ^a   Injac, R ^a   Strukelj B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Animal model; Breast cancer; Histopathology; N methylnitrosourea; Rats

Indexed keywords

METHYLNITROSOUREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BREAST ADENOMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MODEL; CANCER TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; RAT; TUMOR VOLUME; ULCER;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; METHYLNITROSOUREA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 67749089270     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12253-008-9117-x     Document Type: Article

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