The inverse relationship between microvessel counts and tumor volume in breast cancer

Breast Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 184-188

  Wapnir, Irene L ^a,c   Barnard, Nicola ^a   Wartenberg, Daniel ^b   Greco, Ralph S ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Breast cancer; Tumor volume

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MICROVASCULATURE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PROGNOSIS; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0034930877     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2001.007003184.x     Document Type: Article

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