Increased COX-2 expression in epithelial and stromal cells of high mammographic density tissues and in a xenograft model of mammographic density

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 89-99

  Chew, G L ^a,b,c,d   Huo, C W ^a   Huang, D ^a   Hill, P ^a   Cawson, J ^b   Frazer, H ^b   Hopper, J L ^a   Haviv, I ^e   Henderson, M A ^a,f   Britt, K ^a,f   Thompson, E W ^a,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^e BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^g ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^h QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast density; Cox 2; Epithelial cells; Mammographic density; Stroma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ESTROGEN; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASTECTOMY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLACTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STROMA CELL; XENOGRAFT; ANIMAL; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MAMMARY GLAND; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROGRAFTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 84939258633     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-015-3520-2     Document Type: Article

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