Open AccessAngiogenesis and mast cell density in invasive pulmonary adenocarcinoma
Author(s) -
Ehsan Ullah,
A. H. Nagi,
Raees Abbas Lail
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.106530
Subject(s) - angiogenesis , mast cell , pulmonary adenocarcinoma , mast (botany) , cancer research , adenocarcinoma , medicine , immunology , cancer
Angiogenesis and mast cells affect the behavior of pulmonary adenocarcinoma. Measuring the angiogenesis and mast cell density (MCD) and their effect on survival of the patients may be helpful to guide the use of cancer chemotherapeutic agents which target tumor angiogenesis and mast cells.