Cancers with higher density of tumor-associated macrophages were associated with poor survival rates

Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 318-324

  Jung, Kyong Yeun ^a,b   Cho, Sun Wook ^a,c   Kim, Young A ^d   Kim, Daein ^c   Oh, Byung Chul ^e   Park, Do Joon ^a   Park, Young Joo ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c National Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Gachon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Neoplasms; Prognosis; Tumor associated macrophage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942911921     PISSN: 23837837     EISSN: 23837845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4132/jptm.2015.06.01     Document Type: Article

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