Serum vascular endothelial growth factor-C levels: A possible diagnostic marker for lymph node metastasis in patients with primary non-small cell lung cancer

Oncology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 545-549

  Zhang, Yakun ^a   Meng, Xue ^b   Zeng, Hongsheng ^a   Guan, Yan ^a   Zhang, Qiong ^a   Guo, Shen ^a   Liu, Xiujiu ^a   Guo, Qisen ^a  

^a SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG FIRST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Lymph node metastasis; Non small cell lung cancer; Polymerase chain reaction; Vascular endothelial growth factor C

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA EXTRACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84879469710     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2013.1373     Document Type: Article

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