Circulating angiopoietin-1 to angiopoietin-2 ratio is an independent prognostic factor for survival in newly diagnosed patients with multiple myeloma who received therapy with novel antimyeloma agents

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 735-742

  Terpos, Evangelos ^a   Anargyrou, Konstantinos ^b   Katodritou, Eirini ^c   Kastritis, Efstathios ^a   Papatheodorou, Athanasios ^b   Christoulas, Dimitrios ^a   Pouli, Anastasia ^d   Michalis, Eurydiki ^e   Delimpasi, Sosana ^f   Gkotzamanidou, Maria ^a   Nikitas, Nikitas ^a   Koumoustiotis, Vasilios ^b   Margaritis, Dimitrios ^g   Tsionos, Konstantinos ^b   Stefanoudaki, Ekaterini ^h   Meletis, John ^a   Zervas, Konstantinos ^c   Dimopoulos, Meletios A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b 251 GENERAL AIR FORCE HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c THEAGENIO CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d SAINT SAVVAS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^f EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^g DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^h AMALIA FLEMING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

angiogenesis; angiopoietin 1; angiopoietin 2; multiple myeloma; survival

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIN; ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; BORTEZOMIB; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; THALIDOMIDE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPOIETIN-1; ANGIOPOIETIN-2; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 82255191895     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.26062     Document Type: Article

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