Association of tumour vasculature with tumour progression and overall survival of patients with non-early gastric carcinomas

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 566-571

  Tanigawa, N ^a   Amaya, H ^a   Matsumura, M ^a   Shimomatsuya, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD34; Gastric carcinoma; Prognostic factor; Tumour vasculature

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0031058177     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.99     Document Type: Article

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