Prognostic value of microvessel density in invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast

Breast Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 312-319

  Tsutsui, Shinichi ^a   Kume, Masazumi ^a   Era, Shoichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION BEPPU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Breast cancer; Immunohistochemistry; Microvessel density; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 1542651179     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02967651     Document Type: Article

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