The status of cyclooxygenase-2 expression in ductal carcinoma in situ lesions and invasive breast cancer correlates to cyclooxygenase-2 expression in normal breast tissue
✍ Scribed by Cornelia Leo; Stefanie Faber; Bettina Hentschel; Michael Höckel; Lars-Christian Horn
- Book ID
- 116224248
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 467 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1532-8198
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