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Novel models for human scirrhous gastric carcinoma in vivo.
Cancer science - 1 Nov 2004
Takemura Satoru, Yashiro Masakazu, Sunami Takeshi, Tendo Masashige, Hirakawa Kosei
Abstract excerpt
Human scirrhous gastric carcinoma, a diffusely infiltrating type of poorly differentiated gastric carcinoma also known as linitis plastica type carcinoma, is characterized by cancer cell infiltration and proliferation accompanied with extensive stromal fibrosis. We established two new gastric cancer cell lines, designated OUCM-8 and OCUM-11, which developed the characteristic biology of scirrhous gastric...
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