Microvessel density (MVD) as a prognosticator in endometrial carcinoma

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 305-308

  Ozalp, S ^a,b   Yalcin, O T ^a,b   Acikalin, M ^a,b   Tanir, H M ^a,b   Oner, U ^a,b   Akkoyunlu, A ^a,b  

^a OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Obstetrics ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endometrial carcinoma; Microvessel density; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID CYTOLOGY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MICROVASCULATURE; PROGNOSIS; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CAPILLARIES; CARCINOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 0038690530     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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