Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C in preoperative biopsy specimens and metastatic foci of regional lymph nodes in submucosal gastric carcinoma

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ishikawa, Makoto ^a   Kitayama, Joji ^a   Kazama, Shinsuke ^a   Nagawa, Hirokazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; VASCULOTROPIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 13844276818     PISSN: 14777819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-3-2     Document Type: Article

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