Evaluation of serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and microvessel density (MVD) as prognostic indicators in carcinoma breast

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 627-636

  Shivakumar, S ^a   Prabhakar, B T ^a   Jayashree, K ^b   Rajan, M G R ^c   Salimath, Bharathi P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Malignant tumors; Microvessel density (MVD) count; Serum VEGF

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST LESION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROVASCULATURE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROVESSELS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 61449210829     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-008-0497-9     Document Type: Article

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