Clinicopathological significance of peritumoral lymphatic vessel density in gastric carcinoma

Cancer Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-230

  Gao, Peng ^a   Zhou, Geng Yin ^a   Zhang, Qing Hui ^a   Xiang, Lei ^a   Zhang, Shun Li ^b   Li, Chao ^c   Sun, Yan Lin ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b South County Hospital   (United States)

^c NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gastric carcinoma; Lymphangiogenesis; Lymphatic vessel density (LVD); LYVE 1; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC VESSEL DENSITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD34; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 41649109572     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2008.01.017     Document Type: Article

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