title: Leukocyte infiltration as a surrogate marker for diagnosis of invasion.
abstract: Dr. YG Man's hypothesis that breast tumor invasion is triggered by the aberrant leukocyte infiltration induced by degeneration of myoepithelial cells holds a lot of truth in our clinical practice, and leukocyte infiltration may be regarded as a surrogate marker for diagnosis of invasion.
authors.forename: Aijun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lixin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000473:pathology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers