Open AccessExpression of Carbonic Anhydrase IX (CA IX), a Hypoxia-Related Protein, Rather Than Vascular-Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), a Pro-Angiogenic Factor, Correlates With an Extremely Poor Prognosis in Esophageal and Gastric Adenocarcinomas
Author(s) -
Ann Driessen,
Willy Landuyt,
S Pastorekova,
Johnny Moons,
Laurence Goethals,
Karin Haustermans,
Philippe Nafteux,
Freddy Penninckx,
Karel Geboes,
Toni Lerut,
Nadine Ectors
Publication year - 2006
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 - 10.1097/01.sla.0000201452.09591.f3
Subject(s) - medicine , vascular endothelial growth factor , immunohistochemistry , hypoxia (environmental) , angiogenesis , pathology , metastasis , survival analysis , hypoxia inducible factors , vascular endothelial growth factor a , cancer research , cancer , vegf receptors , biology , chemistry , biochemistry , organic chemistry , oxygen , gene
To evaluate the expression of carbonic anhydrase IX (CA IX) and vascular-endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in esophageal and gastric adenocarcinomas and in turn with the histologic subtype.