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Breast cancer stem cells phenotype and plasma cell-predominant breast cancer independently indicate poor survival.
Pathology, research and practice - 1 Apr 2016
Wei Haiyan, Fu Peifen, Yao Minya, Chen Yaomin, Du Linlin
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PURPOSE: Cancer stem cell-tumor microenvironment ecosystem is proposed to drive tumor heterogeneity. Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in breast cancer ecosystem were demonstrated to indicate better prognosis and benefit from chemotherapy. This study sought to detect the association between breast cancer stem cells and TILs. METHODS: 92 patients with breast cancer were enrolled. Matched cancerous and...
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