Postoperative serum vascular endothelial growth factor can be a marker for colorectal cancer recurrence [7];Utilidad de la determinación sérica de factor de crecimiento del endotelio vascular en el postoperatorio del cáncer colorrectal

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-39

  Cubo, Teófilo ^a   Padilla, David ^a   Villarejo, Pedro ^a   López, Antonio ^a  

^a Hospital General   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 34548669413     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13106684     Document Type: Letter

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