Breast Tumor Angiogenesis and Tumor-AssociatedMacrophages: Histopathologist’s Perspective

Much progress has been made since the conceptualization of tumor angiogenesis—the induction of growth of new blood vessels by tumor—as a salient feature of clinically significant primary or metastatic cancers. From a practicing histopathologist’s point of view, we appraise the application of this...

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Main Authors: Ewe, Seng Ch’ng, Jaafar, Hasnan, Tuan Sharif, Sharifah Emilia
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Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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author Ewe, Seng Ch’ng
Jaafar, Hasnan
Tuan Sharif, Sharifah Emilia
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description Much progress has been made since the conceptualization of tumor angiogenesis—the induction of growth of new blood vessels by tumor—as a salient feature of clinically significant primary or metastatic cancers. From a practicing histopathologist’s point of view, we appraise the application of this concept in breast cancer with particular reference to the evaluation of proangiogenic factors and the assessment of new microvessels in histopathological examination. Recently, much focus has also been centered on the active roles played by tumor-associated macrophages in relation to tumor angiogenesis. We review the literature; many data supporting this facet of tumor angiogenesis were derived from the breast cancer models. We scrutinize the large body of clinical evidence exploring the link between the tumor-associated macrophages and breast tumor angiogenesis and discuss particularly the methodology and limitations of incorporating such an assessment in histopathological examination.
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spelling usm-384092018-01-17T06:43:56Z http://eprints.usm.my/38409/ Breast Tumor Angiogenesis and Tumor-AssociatedMacrophages: Histopathologist’s Perspective Ewe, Seng Ch’ng Jaafar, Hasnan Tuan Sharif, Sharifah Emilia RB Pathology Much progress has been made since the conceptualization of tumor angiogenesis—the induction of growth of new blood vessels by tumor—as a salient feature of clinically significant primary or metastatic cancers. From a practicing histopathologist’s point of view, we appraise the application of this concept in breast cancer with particular reference to the evaluation of proangiogenic factors and the assessment of new microvessels in histopathological examination. Recently, much focus has also been centered on the active roles played by tumor-associated macrophages in relation to tumor angiogenesis. We review the literature; many data supporting this facet of tumor angiogenesis were derived from the breast cancer models. We scrutinize the large body of clinical evidence exploring the link between the tumor-associated macrophages and breast tumor angiogenesis and discuss particularly the methodology and limitations of incorporating such an assessment in histopathological examination. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/38409/1/Breast_Tumor_Angiogenesis_and_Tumor-Associated_Macrophages.pdf Ewe, Seng Ch’ng and Jaafar, Hasnan and Tuan Sharif, Sharifah Emilia (2011) Breast Tumor Angiogenesis and Tumor-AssociatedMacrophages: Histopathologist’s Perspective. Pathology Research International, 2011 (572706). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2090-8091 https://doi.org/10.4061/2011/572706
spellingShingle RB Pathology
Ewe, Seng Ch’ng
Jaafar, Hasnan
Tuan Sharif, Sharifah Emilia
Breast Tumor Angiogenesis and Tumor-AssociatedMacrophages: Histopathologist’s Perspective
title Breast Tumor Angiogenesis and Tumor-AssociatedMacrophages: Histopathologist’s Perspective
title_full Breast Tumor Angiogenesis and Tumor-AssociatedMacrophages: Histopathologist’s Perspective
title_fullStr Breast Tumor Angiogenesis and Tumor-AssociatedMacrophages: Histopathologist’s Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Breast Tumor Angiogenesis and Tumor-AssociatedMacrophages: Histopathologist’s Perspective
title_short Breast Tumor Angiogenesis and Tumor-AssociatedMacrophages: Histopathologist’s Perspective
title_sort breast tumor angiogenesis and tumor-associatedmacrophages: histopathologist’s perspective
topic RB Pathology
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