Oncothermia Basic Research at In Vivo Level: The First Results in Japan

Figure 8

Result of the qualitative evaluation of the Ki-67 staining. The Ki-67 proliferation marker protein is expressed in the nuclear membrane only in the dividing cells. That is why sampling for Ki-67 positive cell analysis and counting was done from the living part of the tumors. The high magnification images from the living part of the tumor samples (marked with red rectangle in the whole cross sections).