Circulating endothelial cells in oncology: Pitfalls and promises

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1731-1735

  Strijbos, M H ^a   Gratama, J W ^a   Kraan, J ^a   Lamers, C H ^a   Den Bakker, M A ^a   Sleijfer, S ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Biomarker; CEC; Endothelial cells; Endothelium; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CELL ISOLATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 44349104675     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604383     Document Type: Short Survey

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