Microcirculation patterns in different stages of melanoma growth

Oncology Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-20

  Zhang, Shiwu ^a   Guo, Hua ^a   Zhang, Danfang ^a   Zhang, Wenzhi ^b   Zhao, Xiulan ^a   Ren, Zhiyong ^c   Sun, Baocun ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN HUANHU HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Malignant melanoma; Microcirculation patterns; Mosaic vessels; Vasculogenic mimicry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CANCER STAGING; EXPERIMENTAL MELANOMA; FEMALE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MOUSE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; MALE; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 33644874081     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.15.1.15     Document Type: Article

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