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Science 30 May 1975:
Vol. 188. no. 4191, pp. 947 - 949
DOI: 10.1126/science.166433
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Science, Vol 188, Issue 4191, 947-949
Copyright © 1975 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Cell surface differences in ducts from cancerous and noncancerous human breasts

E Spring-Mills and JJ Elias

The scanning electron microscope reveals structural differences between the apical microvilli of duct cells from cancerous and noncancerous human breasts. The alterations in the microvilli from carcinomatous breasts appear to be highly specific, to extend throughout the affected breast, and may be pathognomonic for this condition.




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