Relationship between vascular invasion and microvessel density and micrometastasis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 46, 2007, Pages 6269-6273

  Wang, Yan Dong ^a   Wu, Pei ^a   Mao, Jia Ding ^a   Huang, He ^a   Zhang, Fan ^a  

^a WANNAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Micrometastasis; Microvessel density; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Vascular invasion

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 20; ENDOGLIN; EOSIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMATOXYLIN; RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MICROMETASTASIS; MICROVASCULATURE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH SURGERY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 37849030802     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.13.6269     Document Type: Article

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