Lymphatic vessel density as a predictor of lymph node metastasis and its relationship with prognosis in urothelial carcinoma of the bladder

BJU International

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1930-1935

  Zhou, Mi ^a   He, Leye ^b   Zu, Xiongbing ^a   Zhang, Huihui ^a   Zeng, Huaide ^a   Qi, Lin ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bladder urothelial carcinoma; lymph node metastasis; lymphatic vessel density; prognosis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DNA SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPH VESSEL DENSITY; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-3;

EID: 79957802762     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09725.x     Document Type: Article

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