Angiogenesis: Multiple masks in hepatocellular carcinoma and liver regeneration

Hepatology International

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 537-547

  Chen, Ji An ^a   Shi, Ming ^a   Li, Jin Qing ^a   Qian, Chao Nan ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver regeneration; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANGIOPOIETIN; BEVACIZUMAB; CYTOKINE; EVEROLIMUS; GROWTH FACTOR; PLACEBO; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RAPAMYCIN; SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB; VASCULAR TARGETING AGENT; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER SURGERY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER SINUSOID; MICROMETASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STELLATE CELL; STEM CELL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 77958088824     PISSN: 19360533     EISSN: 19360541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-010-9192-4     Document Type: Review

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