Open AccessPrognostic significance of expression of cyclooxygenase-2 and vascular endothelial growth factor in human gastric carcinoma
Author(s) -
Hai Shi
Publication year - 2003
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.v9.i7.1421
Subject(s) - medicine , vascular endothelial growth factor , immunohistochemistry , pathology , carcinoma , metastasis , vascular endothelial growth factor c , proportional hazards model , cancer , oncology , vascular endothelial growth factor a , vegf receptors
To investigate the role of cyclooxygenase-2(COX-2) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the development of gastric carcinoma and correlation between expression of COX-2 and VEGF and clinicopathologic features in tissues from patients with gastric carcinoma.