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Tumor-associated macrophages are strongly related to vascular invasion, non-luminal subtypes, and interval breast cancer.
Human pathology - 1 Nov 2017
Klingen Tor A, Chen Ying, Aas Hans, Wik Elisabeth, Akslen Lars A
Abstract excerpt
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) resemble M2 macrophages, promote tumor invasion and show strong expression of CD163 in breast cancer. We here investigated the association between CD163-positive macrophages and vascular invasion, molecular subgroups, mode of detection, and patient outcome. We performed a population-based, retrospective study of invasive breast cancer from the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening...
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