Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and microvessel density in head and neck tumorigenesis

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2821-2828

  Tae, Kyung ^a   El Naggar, Adel K ^a   Yoo, Enise ^a   Feng, Lei ^a   Lee, J Jack ^a   Hong, Waun Ki ^a   Hittelman, Walter N ^a   Shin, Dong M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; SMOKING; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0033942360     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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