Vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor in primary lung carcinomas and the incidence of metastases

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 711-714

  Volm, Manfred ^a   Koomägi, Reet ^a,b   Mattern, Juergen ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

basic fibroblast growth factor; immunohistochemistry; lung cancer; metastasis; vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029819017     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.9.4.711     Document Type: Article

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