Apoptosis and microvessel density in gastric cancer: Correlation with tumor stage and prognosis

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1183-1188

  Aurello, Paolo ^a   Bellagamba, Riccardo ^a   Del Monte, Simone Rossi ^a   D'Angelo, Francesco ^a   Nigri, Giuseppe ^a   Cicchini, Claudia ^a   Ravaioli, Matteo ^a   Ramacciato, Giovanni ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY GRADIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVESSEL DENSITY; NICK END LABELING; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 73449140794     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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