Vascular endothelial growth factor expression in metastatic pulmonary tumor from colorectal carcinoma: Utility as a prognostic factor

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 517-522

  Tamura, Masaya ^a   Oda, Makoto ^a   Tsunezuka, Yoshio ^a   Matsumoto, Isao ^a   Kawakami, Kazuyuki ^a   Watanabe, Go ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 4644371867     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.03.056     Document Type: Article

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