Prognostic value of thymidine phosphorylase/platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor in advanced colorectal cancer after surgery: Evaluation with a new monoclonal antibody

Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 541-547

  Tokunaga, Yukihiko ^a   Hosogi, Hisahiro ^a   Hoppou, Toshitaka ^a   Nakagami, Mikio ^a   Tokuka, Atsuo ^a   Ohsumi, Kiyoshi ^a,b  

^a Maizuru Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b Maizuru Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FLUOROURACIL DERIVATIVE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 1C6 203; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 654 1; PLATELET DERIVED ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; UFT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0036257036     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/msy.2002.123804     Document Type: Article

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