PD-ECGF, bFGF, and VEGF expression in non-small cell lung carcinomas and their association with lymph node metastasis

Anticancer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1 B, 1999, Pages 651-655

  Volm, Manfred ^a   Koomägi, Reet ^a   Mattern, Jürgen ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

bFGF; Immunohistochemistry; Lymph node metastasis; Non small cell lung carcinomas; PD ECGF; VEGF

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOKINES; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0344937998     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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