Correlation of plasma and serum vascular endothelial growth factor levels with platelet count in colorectal cancer: Clinical evidence of platelet scavenging?

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 3147-3152

  George, Mark L ^a,b   Eccles, Suzanne A ^b   Tutton, Matthew G ^a,b   Abulafi, A Muti ^a   Swift, R Ian ^a  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PLATELETS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PLASMA; PLATELET COUNT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0033875585     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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