Serum vascular endothelial growth factor levels correlate better with tumour stage in small cell lung cancer than albumin, neuron-specific enolase or lactate dehydrogenase

Respirology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 99-102

  Mall, Julian W ^a   Schwenk, Wolfgang ^a   Philipp, Andreas W ^a   Meyer Kipker, Cathrine ^b   Mall, Werner ^b   Müller, Joachim ^a   Pollmann, Christian ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Heidehaus Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Small cell lung cancer; Tumour stage; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SERUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0036080185     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2002.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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