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. 2018 Apr 2;18:116. doi: 10.1186/s12906-018-2183-z

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Fig. 1 — Establishment of the experimental model of breast cancer and treatment with açaí. (a) The morphological appearance of the mammary tumor in DMBA treated rats. (b) Histologically, observed the presence of area carcinoma invasion with hyperchromasia cells surrounding the fibrovascular stroma (#). DMBA induces breast cancer in control (c) and açaí (e) groups. (d) Area carcinoma invasion with hyperchromasia cells surrounding the fibrovascular stroma (#) and higher number of inflammatory cells (→). (f) We also observed invasive carcinoma (#), however, we noted a decrease of number of inflammatory cells (*)