Open AccessTumor Angiogenesis as a Predictor of Recurrence and Survival in Patients with Node-Negative Colon Cancer
Author(s) -
Robert Frank,
Theodore J. Saclarides,
Sue E. Leurgans,
Nicholas J. Speziale,
E. A. Drab,
David B. Rubin
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199512000-00002
Subject(s) - medicine , angiogenesis , colorectal cancer , neovascularization , metastasis , oncology , cancer , adjuvant therapy
The authors' objective was to quantitatively assess angiogenesis or neovascularity within node-negative colon cancers and to determine if increased angiogenesis correlated with higher recurrence and lower survival rates.