European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 32, Issue 10 , Pages 1093-1096 , December 2006

Cox-2 expression on tissue microarray of breast cancer

  • K. Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Inje University, Sanggye Paik Hospital, 761-1, Sanggye-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-707, South Korea
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  • S. Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Inje University, Sanggye Paik Hospital, 761-1, Sanggye-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-707, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 2 950 1018; fax: +82 2 950 1955.
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  • E. Shin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Inje University, Sanggye Paik Hospital, 761-1, Sanggye-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-707, South Korea
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  • H.-J. Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Inje University, Sanggye Paik Hospital, 761-1, Sanggye-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-707, South Korea
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  • J.-Y. Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Inje University, Sanggye Paik Hospital, 761-1, Sanggye-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-707, South Korea

,Accepted 10 May 2006.

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☆ This work was supported by the 2005 Inje University Research Grant.

PII: S0748-7983(06)00217-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2006.05.010

European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 32, Issue 10 , Pages 1093-1096 , December 2006

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