Vascularity and prognosis of metastatic melanoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 326-329

  Vlaykova, Tatyana ^a   Muhonen, Timo ^b   Hahka Kemppinen, Marjo ^b   Pyrhönen, Seppo ^b   Jekunen, Antti ^b  

^a TRAKIA UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR GROWTH; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030860169     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970620)74:3<326::AID-IJC16>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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