Vascular grading of angiogenesis: Prognostic significance in breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 339-347

  Hansen, S ^a,c   Grabau, D A ^a,c   Sorensen F B ^b   Bak, M ^a   Vach, W ^a   Rose, C ^a,c  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; CD34; Neovascularization; Observer variation; Prognosis; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0033983697     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.1999.0924     Document Type: Article

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