Prognostic significance of microvessel density and vascular endothelial growth factor expression in sinonasal carcinomas

Human Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 391-400

  Valente, Guido ^a   Mamo, Carlo ^b   Bena, Antonella ^b   Prudente, Elisa ^a   Cavaliere, Cristina ^c   Kerim, Simonetta ^c   Nicotra, Giuseppina ^a   Comino, Alberto ^d   Palestro, Giorgio ^c   Isidoro, Ciro ^a   Beatrice, Fabio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

^c MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e S GIOVANNI BOSCO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microvessel density; Sinonasal carcinoma; Tumor angiogenesis

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PARANASAL SINUS CARCINOMA; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 33645114235     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.11.021     Document Type: Article

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