A study into methodology and application of quantification of tumour vasculature in rectal cancer

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 445, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-270

  Vlems, Femke ^a   Van Der Worp, Erik ^a   Van Der Laak, Jeroen ^a   Van De Velde, Cornelis ^b   Nagtegaal, Iris ^a   Van Krieken, Han ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Computerised image analysis; Invasive front; Microvessel perimeter; Prognosis; Random spots; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CELL SURFACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAST CELL; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644290572     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-004-1033-1     Document Type: Article

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