Open AccessEndocan-expressing microvessel density as a prognostic factor for survival in human gastric cancer
Author(s) -
Yuan Chang,
Wei Niu,
Peilong Lian,
Xian-Qiang Wang,
Zhaohai Meng,
Yi Liu,
Rui Zhao
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v22.i23.5422
Subject(s) - immunohistochemistry , univariate analysis , medicine , vascular endothelial growth factor , cancer , pathology , stage (stratigraphy) , microvessel , lymphovascular invasion , spearman's rank correlation coefficient , metastasis , oncology , gastroenterology , multivariate analysis , biology , vegf receptors , paleontology , statistics , mathematics
To investigate the expression of endocan in tumour vessels and the relationships between endocan and the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and prognosis in gastric cancer.