Correlations of oral tongue cancer invasion with matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression

Journal of Histotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 330-337

  Kim, Se Heon ^a   Cho, Nam Hoon ^a   Kim, Kyubo ^a   Lee, Jin Seok ^a   Koo, Bon Seok ^a   Kim, Jeong Hong ^a   Chang, Jung Hyun ^a   Choi, Eun Chang ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

MMPs; Tongue cancer; Tumor depth; VEGF

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; VASCULOTROPIN; TUMOR MARKER; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE CANCER; LYMPH NODE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; TONGUE TUMOR; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD31; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 33644698049     PISSN: 01478885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20461     Document Type: Article

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