Prognostic relevance of micro-vessel density in cancer of the urinary bladder

Anticancer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4 C, 1999, Pages 3479-3484

  Chaudhary, R ^a   Bromley, M ^a   Clarke, N W ^a   Betts, C D ^a,b   Barnard, R J ^a,b   Ryder, W D J ^a   Kumar, S ^a,c  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microvessel density; Prognosis; Urinary bladder cancer

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033428464     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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