Angiogenesis: Prognostic significance in laryngeal cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6 B, 1998, Pages 4737-4740

  Beatrice, Fabio ^a   Cammarota, Raffaella ^b   Giordano, Carlo ^b   Corrado, Simona ^b   Ragona, Riccardo ^b   Sartoris, Alberto ^b   Bussolino, Federico ^b,c   Valente, Guido ^b  

^a S GIOVANNI BOSCO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Biologia e Chimica Medica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Immunohistochemistry; Laryngeal neoplasms; Tumor prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032420868     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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