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Table 1
Origins of a number of commonly used breast cancer cell lines and their citation frequency from 1 January 1990 to 31 December2002, according to PubMed
Cell line	Origin	Age (years)	Pathology	Citations	Reference

BT20	Breast	74	Invasive ductal carcinoma	260	[9]
MDA-MB-231	Pleural effusion	51	Adenocarcinoma	1157	[10,11]
MDA-MB-435	Pleural effusion	31	Invasive ductal carcinoma	292	[11]
MDA-MB-468	Pleural effusion	51	Adenocarcinoma	223	[11]
MCF-7	Pleural effusion	69	Invasive ductal carcinoma	5774	[8]
SkBr3	Pleural effusion	43	Adenocarcinoma	203	[12]
T47D	Pleural Effusion	54	Invasive ductal carcinoma	866	[13]
ZR75.1	Ascites	47	Invasive ductal carcinoma	590	[14]

Burdall et al. Breast Cancer Res 2003 5:89 doi:10.1186/bcr577

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