Assessment of Microvessel Density in Core Needle Biopsy Specimen in Breast Cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 371-375

  Rydén, Lisa ^a   Boiesen, Poul ^a   Jönsson, Per Ebbe ^a  

^a HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Core needle biopsy; Microvessel density; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROVASCULATURE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 1442350508     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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