The significance of thymidine phosphoryl
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Yoichi Mizutani; Hiromi Wada; Osamu Yoshida; Masakazu Fukushima; Akihiro Kawauch
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Thymidine phosphorylase (TP) is identical to platelet‐derived endothelial cell growth factor (PDECGF) and has angiogenic activity. Little is known about the significance of TP/PDECGF activity in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The authors examined the enzymatic