Is nonangiogenesis a novel pathway for cancer progression? A study using 3-dimensional tumour reconstructions

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1176-1179

  Adighibe, O ^a,e   Micklem, K ^b   Campo, L ^b   Ferguson, M ^b   Harris, A ^c   Pozos, R ^d   Gatter, K ^b   Pezzella, F ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Angiogenesis; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION;

ANTIGENS, CD34; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 33646125205     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603039     Document Type: Article

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