It has now been clearly established that quantitative immunohistochemical methods applied to tumour angiogenesis under suitable quality control conditions are a powerful prognostic tool for use in the initial assessment of breast carcinomas. Appropriate parameters for predicting the aggressiveness o
Prognostic Importance of Tumor Angiogenesis in Breast Carcinoma with Adjuvant Chemotherapy
✍ Scribed by Nazan Gunel; Zafer Akcali; Ugur Coskun; Gülen Akyol; Deniz Yamac; Sibel Yenidünya
- Book ID
- 111731497
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 182 KB
- Volume
- 198
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0344-0338
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