학술논문
Contribution of vascular endothelial growth factor to the Nottingham prognostic index in node-negative breast cancer.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*NEOVASCULARIZATION
*CANCER
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ISSN
0007-0920
Abstract
The prognostic contribution of intratumour VEGF, the most important factor in tumour-induced angiogenesis, to NPI was evaluated by using flexible modelling in a series of 226 N-primary breast cancer patients in which steroid receptors and cell proliferation were also accounted for. VEGF provided an additional prognostic contribution to NPI mainly within ER-poor tumours. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]