How useful is the assessment of lymphatic vascular density in oral carcinoma prognosis?

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Longatto Filho, Adhemar ^a   Oliveira, Tiago Gil ^a   Pinheiro, Céline ^a   de Carvalho, Marcos Brasilino ^b   Curioni, Otávio Alberto ^b   da Cunha Mercante, Ana Maria ^b   Schmitt, Fernando C ^c,d   Gattás, Gilka J F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL HELIÓPOLIS   (Brazil)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e Instituto Oscar Freire   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PODOPLANIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL DENSITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC VASCULAR DENSITY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; VASCULAR CAPACITY;

EID: 39049171778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-5-140     Document Type: Article

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