Prognostic value of nonangiogenic and angiogenic growth patterns in non-small-cell lung cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1293-1300

  Nia, P Sardari ^a,b   Colpaert, C ^a,b   Blyweert, B ^a   Kui, B ^a   Vermeulen, P ^a,b   Ferguson, M ^c   Hendriks, J ^a   Weyler, J ^b   Pezzella, F ^c   Van Marck, E ^a   Van Schil, P ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Growth pattern; Non small cell lung cancer; Nonangiogenic growth; Prognosis; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 6944236012     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602134     Document Type: Article

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