Examining the technique of angiogenesis assessment in invasive breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1046-1054

  Martin, L ^a   Green, B ^a   Renshaw, C ^a   Lowe, D ^b   Rudland, P ^a   Leinster, S J ^a   Winstanley, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Anti CD31; Anti CD34; Anti FVIIIRAg; Breast cancer; Standardization

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030799380     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.506     Document Type: Article

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