Role of tumor angiogenesis in gallbladder carcinoma: With special reference to thymidine phosphorylase

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 452-457

  Harino, Yukari ^a   Imura, Satoru ^a   Kanemura, Hirofumi ^a   Morine, Yuji ^a   Fujii, Masahiko ^a   Ikegami, Toru ^a   Uehara, Hisanori ^a   Shimada, Mitsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gallbladder carcinoma; Thymidine phosphorylase; Tumor angiogenesis

Indexed keywords

THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 54849422245     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-008-0778-y     Document Type: Article

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