Cargando…

High mammographic density in women is associated with protumor inflammation

BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies have consistently shown that increased mammographic density (MD) is a strong risk factor for breast cancer. We previously observed an elevated number of vimentin(+)/CD45(+) leukocytes in high MD (HMD) epithelium. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the s...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Huo, Cecilia W., Hill, Prue, Chew, Grace, Neeson, Paul J., Halse, Heloise, Williams, Elizabeth D., Henderson, Michael A., Thompson, Erik W., Britt, Kara L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6085707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30092832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13058-018-1010-2