Correlation of microvessel density with nuclear pleomorphism, mitotic count and vascular invasion in breast and prostate cancers at preclinical and clinical levels

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-68

  Muhammadnejad, Samad ^a   Muhammadnejad, Ahad ^a   Haddadi, Mahnaz ^b   Oghabian, Mohammad Ali ^c   Mohagheghi, Mohammad Ali ^a   Tirgari, Farrokh ^a   Sadeghi Fazel, Fariba ^d   Amanpour, Saeid ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d RAZI VACCINE AND SERUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast adenocarcinoma; Microvessel density; Mitotic count; Prostate adenocarcinoma; Vascular invasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877148453     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.1.63     Document Type: Article

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