Open AccessAngiogenesis in squamous precancerous cervical lesions
Author(s) -
Milan Panjkovic,
Tatjana Ivković-Kapicl
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp0701007p
Subject(s) - microvessel , medicine , cd31 , angiogenesis , epithelium , pathology , basement membrane , cervical intraepithelial neoplasia , stromal cell , lesion , cervical cancer , cancer
Vascularisation is one of basic tumor's characteristics. Neoangiogenesis starts at the stage of the dysplastic epithelial changes, thus before the progression into invasive lesion. This study was designed to determine the relation between stromal angiogenesis and the grade of cervical intraepithelial changes (CIN).