Vascular enumeration as a prognosticator for colorectal carcinoma

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-60

  Galindo Gallego, M ^a   Fernandez Acenero M J ^b   Sanz Ortega, J ^c   Aljama, A ^b  

^a Servicio Madrileño de Salud   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE MÓSTOLES   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Colorectal; Neovascularisation; Prognosticators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0342514625     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(99)00243-9     Document Type: Article

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