Long-term follow-up and prognostic significance of angiogenic basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) expression in patients with breast cancer

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-5

  Faridi, Andree ^a   Rudlowski, Christian ^a   Biesterfeld, Stefan ^a   Schuh, Silke ^a   Rath, Werner ^a   Schröder, Willibald ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Central Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; bFGF; Breast cancer; Nodal status; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; HORMONE RECEPTOR; METHOTREXATE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0036175799     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0344-0338-00176     Document Type: Article

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