Association of different macrophage phenotypes with infiltrating and non-infiltrating areas of tumor-host interface in colorectal carcinoma.

doi:10.1016/s0344-0338(11)80707-7

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Association of different macrophage phenotypes with infiltrating and non-infiltrating areas of tumor-host interface in colorectal carcinoma.

Pathology, research and practice - 1 Feb 1994

Hauptmann S, Zwadlo-Klarwasser G, Hartung P, Klosterhalfen B, Kirkpatrick C J, Mittermayer C

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At the tumor-host interface (interface) of well differentiated tubulary or tubulopapillary colorectal carcinomas infiltrative, poorly demarcated and non-infiltrative, well bordered areas alternate. The composition of the inflammatory infiltrate within the desmoplastic stroma of the central tumor...

Topics

Adenoma
Carcinoma
Colorectal Neoplasms
Humans
Intestinal Mucosa
Macrophages
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Phenotype

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