(1) Department of Surgery II, Miyazaki Medical College, Kihara 5200, Kiyotake Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan
Abstract:
Background
Mast cells have been documented to have several key functions with regards to malignant neoplasms. However, the functional
significance of their accumulation is largely unknown. An analysis of the mast cell profile in mediastinal lymph nodes from
lung cancer patients is reported here.