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Angiogenesis in ovarian carcinoma
Author(s) -
Kohn Elise C.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19971215)80:12<2219::aid-cncr1>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - medicine , angiogenesis , ovarian carcinoma , biomarker , oncology , ovarian cancer , pathology , carcinoma , cancer , biology , biochemistry
Angiogenesis is an important independent biomarker for analysis of the risk of recurrence and death for women with epithelial ovarian carcinoma. Image analysis of stained tumor microvessels provides a quantitative measurement of vessel area. See also pages 2257‐62.