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Tumor-infiltrating endothelial cells and endothelial precursor cells in inflammatory breast cancer.
International journal of cancer - 20 May 2002
Shirakawa Kazuo, Shibuya Masabumi, Heike Yuji, Takashima Shigemitsu, Watanabe Ichiro, Konishi Fumio, Kasumi Fujio, Goldman Corey K, Thomas Kenneth A, Bett Andrew, Terada Masaaki, Wakasugi Hiro
Abstract excerpt
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a specific type of breast tumor that generally has a poor prognosis, in spite of recent advances in treatment. In the present study, semiquantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction examination of resected specimens showed that angiogenic factors, not lymphangiogenic factors, are overexpressed in IBC tumors, compared with non-IBC tumors. Immunohistochemical...
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