Research Article

Evaluation of Nonradiative Clinical Imaging Techniques for the Longitudinal Assessment of Tumour Growth in Murine CT26 Colon Carcinoma

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Histology of CT26 tumours implanted into the intestinal mucosa. Histological images were obtained using haematoxylin counterstain for healthy caecum without tumour (a), ectopically implanted CT26 tumours (b), and orthotopic CT26 tumour (c). Tumours were harvested 21 days after tumour implantation. Original magnification 100x, scale bar 200 μm). Lu, lumen; Ml, muscularis; Mu, mucosa; Se, serosa; T, tumour.
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