The location of lymphangiogenesis is an independent prognostic factor in rectal cancers with or without preoperative radiotherapy

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 512-517

  Holmqvist, A ^a   Gao, J ^a   Adell, G ^a   Carstensen, J ^a   Sun, X F ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Lymphangiogenesis; Prognosis; Radiotherapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40; PROTEIN P53;

AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 77949579042     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdp486     Document Type: Article

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