A distinct microvascular pattern accompanied by aggressive clinical course in breast carcinomas: A fact or a coincidence?

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-97

  Safali, Mükerrem ^a   Karslioǧlu, Yildirim ^a   Arpaci, Fikret ^a   Kurt, Bülent ^a   Günhan, Ömer ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Breast carcinoma; Microvascular pattern; Neovascular proliferation; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MICROVASCULARIZATION; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 74849119384     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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