Automated immunofluorescence analysis defines microvessel area as a prognostic parameter in clear cell renal cell cancer

Human Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1454-1462

  Mertz, Kirsten D ^a,b,d   Demichelis, Francesca ^a,b   Kim, Robert ^a   Schraml, Peter ^d   Storz, Martina ^d   Diener, Pierre André ^e   Moch, Holger ^d   Rubin, Mark A ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER HARVARD CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Hospital of St Gallen   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Automated quantitative analysis (AQUA); Clear cell renal cell cancer; Microvessel area (MVA); Microvessel density (MVD); Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

AUTOMATION; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548666626     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.05.017     Document Type: Article

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