Microvessel quantitation in breast ductal invasive carcinoma: Correlation with proliferative activity, hormonal receptors and lymph node metastases

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 124-129

  Aranda, F I ^a   Laforga, J B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Breast cancer; Hormone receptors; Proliferative activity

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROVASCULATURE; MITOSIS; STAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VARIANCE;

EID: 0029916608     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(96)80206-8     Document Type: Article

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