Lymphangiogenesis in colorectal cancer - Prognostic and therapeutic aspects

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1401-1409

  Sundlisæter, Eirik ^a   Dicko, Aly ^b   Sakariassen, Per Øystein ^a   Sondenaa, Karl ^a   Enger, Per Øyvind ^a,b   Bjerkvig, Rolf ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NorLux Neuro Oncology   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Lymphangiogenesis; Therapy

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CARBOPLATIN; CETUXIMAB; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; PACLITAXEL; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; METASTASIS INHIBITION; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RNA INTERFERENCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 34548284940     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22996     Document Type: Short Survey

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