Vascular architecture and hypoxic profiles in human head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 674-683

  Wyffels K I E M ^a   Kaanders, J H A M ^a   Rijken, P F J W ^a   Bussink, J ^a   Van Den Hoogen, F J A ^a   Marres, H A M ^a   De Wilde, P C M ^a   Raleigh, J A ^b   Van Der Kogel, A J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck carcinomas; Hypoxia; Pimonidazole; Vascular density

Indexed keywords

PIMONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0033891382     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1325     Document Type: Article

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