Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor-C and its receptor in invasive micropapillary carcinoma of the breast

Pathology International

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 256-261

  Li, Yu Sang ^a   Kaneko, Mayumi ^a   Amatya, Vishwa Jeet ^a   Takeshima, Yukio ^a   Arihiro, Koji ^b   Inai, Kouki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast; Invasive micropapillary carcinoma; Lymphangiogenesis; Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3; Vascular endothelial growth factor C

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; INVASIVE MICROPAPILLARY CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR CELL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-3;

EID: 33645753728     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2006.01961.x     Document Type: Article

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