Tumour hypoxia and vascular density as predictors of metastasis in squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 822-827

  Sundfor K ^a   Lyng, H ^a   Rofstad, E K ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cervix carcinoma; Metastasis; Oxygen tension; Vascular density

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; OXYGEN TENSION; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031688165     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.586     Document Type: Article

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