Detection and clinical significance of lymphatic microvessel density in supraglottic laryngeal carcinoma

Chinese Journal of Cancer

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Yang, Lei ^a   Guo, Zhu Ming ^a   Chen, Wen Kuan ^a   Zeng, Zong Yuan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Laryngeal neoplasm; Lymphatic microvessel density; Prognostic factor; Squamous cell carcinoma; Supraglottic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 79955749463     PISSN: 1000467X     EISSN: 1944446X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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