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In Vitro Cultures of Epithelial Cells from Healthy Breast Tissues and Cells from Breast Carcinomas

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Endocrine Therapy and Growth Regulation of Breast Cancer

Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 113))

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Much of the knowledge concerning the mechanisms involved in the growth regulation of breast cancer comes from the use of cultured cells, particularly cell lines (Lippman et al. 1986; Salomon et al. 1986). During the last few years, techniques have been described which allow the growth directly from patients’ tissue of normal human breast epithelial cells (Stampfer et al. 1980; Stampfer 1982; Biran et al. 1983; Taylor-Papadimitriou et al. 1980; Hammond et al. 1984; Briand et al. 1987; Soule and McGrath 1986; Emerman et al. 1987) and of human mammary carcinoma-derived cells (Smith et al. 1981; Simon et al. 1984; Emerman et al. 1987; Petersen and Van Deurs 1987).

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  2. Laboratorien, Kantonsspital Basel, Universitäts-Frauenklinik, 4031, Basel, Switzerland

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Regenass, U., Geleick, D., Curschellas, E., Meyer, T., Fabbro, D. (1989). In Vitro Cultures of Epithelial Cells from Healthy Breast Tissues and Cells from Breast Carcinomas. In: Eppenberger, U., Goldhirsch, A. (eds) Endocrine Therapy and Growth Regulation of Breast Cancer. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 113. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83638-1_2

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