Thymidine phosphorylase/platelet-devived endothelial cell growth factor is upregulated in advanced solid types of gastric cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 1145-1150

  Yoshikawa, T ^a   Suzuki, K ^a   Kobayashi, O ^a   Sairenji, M ^a   Motohashi, H ^a   Tsuburaya, A ^a   Nakamura, Y ^a   Shimizu, A ^a   Yanoma, S ^b   Noguchi, Y ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric carcinoma; Platelet derived endothelial cell growth factor; Thymidine phosphorylase

Indexed keywords

PLATELET DERIVED ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASM STAGING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0033060173     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690182     Document Type: Article

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