Angiogenesis linked to poor survival in patients with rare type of ovarian cancer
Thursday, February 5, 2009 - 12:42
in Health & Medicine
Researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have found that increased angiogenesis, or blood vessel formation, and vascular endothelial growth factor expression are associated with poor survival in women with sex cord-stromal ovarian tumors. This data was presented in a poster session today at the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists' 40th Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer.
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