Correlation between color power Doppler sonographic measurement of breast tumor vasculature and immunohistochemical analysis of microvessel density for the quantitation of angiogenesis

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1227-1235

  Yang, Wei Tse ^a   Tse, Gary M K ^a   Lam, Peggo K W ^a   Metreweli, Constantine ^a   Chang, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Breast neoplasms; Sonography, Doppler studies

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; BLOOD VESSELS; CORRELATION METHODS; DOPPLER EFFECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURGERY; TUMORS;

SONOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CAPILLARY FLOW; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MICROVASCULATURE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0036828925     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2002.21.11.1227     Document Type: Article

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