Clinical significance of vascular endothelial growth factor-C (VEGF-C) in breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 159-164

  Kinoshita, J ^a   Kitamura, K ^a   Kabashima, A ^b   Saeki, H ^a   Tanaka, S ^a   Sugimachi, K ^a  

^a Department of Surgery and Science ^*  (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Disease free survival rate; Lymphatic vessel invasion; Predictive factor; VEGF C

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMARY GLAND; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C;

EID: 0035008121     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010692132669     Document Type: Article

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