Angiogenesis in ductal breast carcinoma. Comparison of microvessel density between primary tumour and lymph node metastasis

Cancer Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-150

  Arapandoni Dadioti, Petroula ^a   Giatromanolaki, Alexandra ^b   Trihia, Helen ^a,b   Harris, Adrian L ^b,c   Koukourakis, Michael I ^b  

^a METAXA CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Tumour and Angiogenesis Research Group Iraklion   (Greece)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Breast cancer; Lymph node

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 0032955451     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(98)00343-7     Document Type: Article

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