Relationship between high density of peritumoral lymphatic vessels and biological behavior of cervical cancer

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1435-1441

  Song, En Lin ^a   Yu, Wei Wei ^a   Xiong, Xiao Liang ^a   Xu, Juan ^b  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Pathophysiology   (China)

Author keywords

Cervical squamous cancer; Ki 67; Lymphangiogenesis; Lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor 1 (LYVE 1)

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867240186     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e31826aa702     Document Type: Article

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