Background: CD10 is a cell surface metalloproteinase. CD10 expression in the stroma of
various carcinomas was found to be related to aggressive behavior of these carcinomas …

Department of Histopathology, Rizgary Teaching Hospital, Erbil, Iraq.** Department of
Pathology, College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Iraq.*** Department of …

Background Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, and it is the fifth
cause of death from cancer overall. Stromal factors are now emerging as novel markers in …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Animal tissue collection: Mammary tissue was collected from
mammary parenchyma region of the glands of goats (N= 19) that were brought to the …

Background: Interaction between the stromal and tumor cells is of crucial importance in
breast cancer progression and response to therapy. A literature search has shown that …

Background Breast cancer is an epithelial malignancy; however, stroma plays a key role
with its stimulatory and inhibitory factors in modulating tumor invasion and metastasis …

Introduction: CD10 is a metalloproteinase (Zinc dependent) which is expressed in stroma of
various epithelial malignancies. It is associated with biological aggressiveness of the tumor …

Context: Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer related deaths among women
worldwide, thus forming a significant burden of disease. Various epithelial markers like ER …

Introduction: Female breast cancer is now more prevalent than lung cancer worldwide, with
an estimated 2.3 million new cases worldwide, or 11.7% of all cancer cases. Breast cancer …

BACKGROUND Breast carcinoma is the most common non-skin malignancy in women.
More recently, it has been suggested that extracellular proteinase regulates growth factors …