Colonization characteristics of a murine mammary tumor cell line that metastasizes frequently to the heart.

doi:10.1007/BF01769355

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Colonization characteristics of a murine mammary tumor cell line that metastasizes frequently to the heart.

Clinical & experimental metastasis - 1 Jan 2000

Hossain A, Sarkar N H

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Metastasis by mouse mammary tumor cells is usually confined to lung. This paper describes the metastatic behavior of an established mouse mammary tumor cell line, 4526, that in addition to lung and liver metastasis, shows a high rate of heart metastases. The tumor cells were inoculated into the f...

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Animals
Heart Neoplasms
Liver Neoplasms, Experimental
Lung Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental
Mice
Neoplasm Transplantation
Phenotype
Tumor Cells, Cultured

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