Prognostic significance of vascular endothelial growth factor expression in gastric carcinoma: A meta-analysis

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1799-1812

  Chen, Jing ^a,b   Li, Tao ^b   Wu, Yuanyuan ^a   He, Lijun ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Shi, Tieliu ^a   Yi, Zhengfang ^a   Liu, Mingyao ^a,c   Pang, Xiufeng ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Gastric cancer; Prognostic factor; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; EMBASE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDLINE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION BIAS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 82955165140     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: 14321335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-011-1057-2     Document Type: Article

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