Tumour vascularity is a significant prognostic factor for cervix carcinoma treated with radiotherapy: Independence from tumour radiosensitivity

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 354-358

  Cooper, R A ^a   West, C M L ^a   Wilks, D P ^a   Logue, J P ^b   Davidson, S E ^b   Roberts, S A ^a   Hunter, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Predictive assays; SF2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032830538     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690700     Document Type: Article

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