Prognostic significance of elevated endothelin-1 levels in patients with colorectal cancer

International Journal of Biological Markers

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-37

  Arun, C ^a   London, N J M ^a   Hemingway, D M ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endothelin; Prognosis; Tumour marker

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 1942518932     PISSN: 03936155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/JBM.2008.2226     Document Type: Article

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