Tumor angiogenesis in pulmonary adenocarcinomas: Relationship with basic fibroblast growth factor, its receptor, and survival

Neoplasma

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 295-298

  Takanami, I ^a   Tanaka, F ^a   Hashizume, T ^b   Kodaira, S ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kanagawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basic fibroblast growth factor; Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1; Immunostaining; Prognostic indicator; Pulmonary adenocarcinoma; Tumor angiogenesis

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0031398777     PISSN: 00282685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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