Microvessel density in core biopsies of prostatic adenocarcinoma: A stage predictor?

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-210

  Rogatsch, H ^a   Hittmair, A ^a   Reissigl, A ^b   Mikuz, G ^a   Feichtinger, H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Core biopsy; Microvessel density; Prostatic carcinoma; Quantitation; Tumour stage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030752442     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199706)182:2<205::AID-PATH846>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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