Tumour vascularity and proliferation: Clear evidence of a close relationship

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 297-299

  Weidner, Noel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Breast; Carcinoma; Microvessel density; Mitosis; Proliferation; Survival

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; GROWTH FACTOR; OXYGEN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAPILLARY PROLIFERATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; MICROVASCULATURE; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 0032879415     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199911)189:3<297::AID-PATH434>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Review

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