Open AccessPrognostic significance of tumor-induced angiogenesis in colorectal cancer
Author(s) -
Attila Fenyvesi
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0306263f
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , angiogenesis , microvessel , pathology , metastasis , cd31 , stage (stratigraphy) , adjuvant therapy , cancer , neovascularization , oncology , paleontology , biology
Tumor-induced angiogenesis is a central pathogenic step in the process of tumor growth, invasion and metastasis. The aim of this study was to analyze the quantitative expression of angiogenesis in colorectal carcinoma and to determine if and how angiogenesis correlates with other clinicopathologic factors and prognosis.