Necrosis correlates with high vascular density and focal macrophage infiltration in invasive carcinoma of the breast

Summary Necrosis is a common feature of invasive carcinoma of the breast and is caused by chronic ischaemia leading to infarction. Although necrosis was previously assumed to be due to a generally poor blood supply in the tumour, in this study we show that it is present in tumours with focal areas o...

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