Serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor in patients with soft-tissue sarcoma

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 577-581

  Graeven, Ullrich ^a   Andre, Niko ^a   Achilles, Eike ^b   Zornig, Carsten ^b   Schmiegel, Wolff ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; bFGF; Soft tissue sarcoma; VEGF

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SARCOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0032884917     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004320050319     Document Type: Article

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