Phagocytosis of cancer cells by mast cells in breast cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3157-3161

  Della Rovere, Filippo ^a,c   Granata, Angelo ^a   Monaco, Maurizio ^a   Basile, Giacomo ^b  

^a Polyclinic G Martino ^*  (Italy)

^b Institute of General Pathology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cytochemolysis of cancer cells; Estrogen and progesterone receptors; Mast cells and cancer cells phagocytosis; Mast cells and optical microscope; Mast cells and phagocytosis; Mast cells phagocytosis in breast cancer

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAST CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAST CELLS; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

EID: 68549122651     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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