Relationship between vascularity, age and survival in non-small-cell lung cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1367-1375

  Chandrachud, L M ^a   Pendleton, N ^b   Chisholm, D M ^a   Horan, M A ^b   Schor, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Lung cancer; Microvasculature; Prognosis; Tumour volume; Vascularity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0030694187     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.562     Document Type: Article

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