The role of VEGF-C/D and Flt-4 in the lymphatic metastasis of early-stage invasive cervical carcinoma

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Yu, Hao ^a   Zhang, Shiqian ^a   Zhang, Renhua ^a   Zhang, Linlin ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Fourth People's Hospital of Jinan   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3; LYMPHATIC VESSEL ENDOTHELIAL HA RECEPTOR 1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LYMPHATIC VESSEL ENDOTHELIAL HA RECEPTOR-1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR MARKER; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR D; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-3; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 68149142552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17569966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-9966-28-98     Document Type: Article

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