Vessel counts and vascular endothelial growth factor expression in pancreatic adenocarcinoma

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 337-340

  Ellis, L M ^a   Takahashi, Y ^a   Fenoglio, C J ^a   Cleary, K R ^a   Bucana, C D ^a   Evans, D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Metastasis; Pancreatic cancer; Recurrence; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032007140     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)10068-5     Document Type: Article

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