MICROVESSEL COUNT PREDICTS METASTATIC DISEASE AND SURVIVAL IN NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG-CANCER
MICROVESSEL COUNT PREDICTS METASTATIC DISEASE AND SURVIVAL IN NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG-CANCER
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DOI:
10.1002/path.1711770110
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发表时间:
1995-09-01
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
BEVILACQUA, G
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作者:
FONTANINI, G;BIGINI, D;BEVILACQUA, G
The growth of newly formed vessels, or neoangiogenesis, represents an important step in both physiological and pathological situations: in particular, tumour growth and metastasis require angiogenesis. Microvessel count (MC), which represents a measure of tumour angiogenesis, has been associated with metastatic spread in cutaneous, mammary, prostatic, head and neck, and early-stage lung cancer. In this study, the role of tumour angiogenesis as a prognostic indicator was examined in 253 primary non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Microvessels were counted by highlighting endothelial cells with anti-Factor VIII monoclonal antibody (MAb) in methacarn-fixed tumour samples. In univariat analysis, MC (P