Is a histological section representative of whole tumour vascularity in breast cancer?

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-43

  Martin, L ^a   Holcombe, C ^a   Green, B ^a   Leinster, S J ^a   Winstanley, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Breast cancer; Microangiography; Vascular heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD34 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASTECTOMY; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0031002372     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.333     Document Type: Article

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