The prognostic significance of tumor angiogenesis in Taiwanese patients with invasive ductal breast carcinomas

Cancer Letters

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-14

  Chu, Jan Show ^a   Huang, Chiun Sheng ^b   Chang, King Jen ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Breast cancer; Microvessel count; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TAIWAN; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIGENS, CD31; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0032442911     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(98)00231-6     Document Type: Article

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