Increased angiogenesis is associated with poor prognosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1392-1397

  Näyhä, Veera V ^a,b   Stenbäck, Frej G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Vulva; Vulvar carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME; VULVA CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD34; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 35648977206     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340701674303     Document Type: Article

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