Relationships between different measurements of vascularity and clinico-pathological parameters in breast cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6 B, 1998, Pages 4565-4568

  Pendleton, N ^a   Pazouki, S ^b   Heerkens, E ^a,c   Smither, R L ^c   Chisholm, D M ^b   Moore, J V ^c   Howell, A ^c   Horan, M A ^a   Schor, A M ^b  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Prognosis; Tumor vasculature; Vascularity

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0032438041     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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