Different patterns of stromal and cancer cell thymidine phosphorylase reactivity in non small-cell lung cancer: Impact on tumour neoangiogenesis and survival

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1696-1703

  Koukourakis, M I ^a,b   Giatromanolaki, A ^a,b   Kakolyris, S ^a,b   O'Byrne, K J ^b   Apostolikas, N ^c   Skarlatos, J ^c   Gatter, K C ^b   Harris, A L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Hellenic Anti cancer Institute   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fibroblast; Lung cancer; Macrophage; PD ECGF; Thymidine phosphorylase

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; ONCOPROTEIN; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STROMA; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0031982381     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.280     Document Type: Article

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