Serum basic fibroblst growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor and tumour growth kinetics in advanced colorectal cancer

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 843-848

  Dirix, L Y ^a,b,c   Vermeulen, P B ^c   Hubens, G ^a   Benoy, I ^b   Martin, M ^a,c   De Pooter, C ^b,c   Van Oosterom, A T ^a,c  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b SINT AUGUSTINUS HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Colorectal carcinoma; Serum bFGF; Serum VEGF; Tumour growth

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; LYMPHOKINE; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR GROWTH; BLOOD; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0029658144     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.annonc.a010764     Document Type: Article

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