Breast carcinoma: Vascular density determined using CD105 antibody correlates with tumor prognosis

Cancer Research

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 856-861

  Kumar, Shant ^a,b   Ghellal, Ashur ^a,c   Li, Cheng ^a,b   Byrne, Ged ^c   Haboubi, Najib ^c   Wang, Ji Min ^d   Bundred, Nigel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d BD Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD105 ANTIBODY; CD34 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD34; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1;

EID: 0033557520     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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