Vascularity index as a novel parameter for the in vivo assessment of angiogenesis in patients with cervical carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 651-657

  Cheng, Wen Fang ^a   Lee, Chien Nan ^a   Chu, Jan Show ^a   Chen, Chi An ^a   Chen, Tzer Ming ^a   Shau, Wen Yi ^b   Hsieh, Chang Yao ^a   Hsieh, Fon Jou ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cervical carcinoma; Microvessel density; Power Doppler ultrasound; Resistance index; Vascularity index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VASCULARIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033083125     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19990201)85:3<651::AID-CNCR15>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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