Hot spot microvessel density and the mitotic activity index are strong additional prognostic indicators in invasive breast cancer

Histopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 306-312

  De Jong, J S ^a   Van Diest, P J ^a   Baak, J P A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Breast cancer; Prognosis; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROVASCULATURE; MITOSIS RATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANTIGENS, CD31; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROCIRCULATION; MITOTIC INDEX; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE;

EID: 0034076192     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2000.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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