Clinical significance of VEGF-A,-C and-D expression in esophageal malignancies

A Kleespies, CJ Bruns, KW Jauch - Oncology Research and Treatment, 2005 - karger.com
Vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGF)-A,-C and-D are members of the proangiogenic
VEGF family of glycoproteins. VEGF-A is known to be the most important angiogenic factor …

Vascular endothelial growth factor in esophageal cancer

A Kleespies, M Guba, KW Jauch… - Journal of surgical …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays a crucial role in angiogenesis of many solid
malignancies. The influence of angiogenesis and VEGF expression on progression and …

VEGF-A and VEGF-B mRNA expression in gastro-oesophageal cancers

C Angelescu, F Burada, M Ioana, R Angelescu… - Clinical and …, 2013 - Springer
Introduction Angiogenesis is essential for the local growth, invasion and metastasis of the
tumours. Vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) play a crucial role in tumour …

Overexpression of VEGF-C correlates with a poor prognosis in esophageal cancer patients

H Xia, J Shen, S Chen, H Huang, Y Xu… - Cancer …, 2016 - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: The prognostic value of vascular endothelial growth factor C (VEGF-C) in
patients with esophageal cancer (EC) remains controversial. The aim of this meta-analysis …

[HTML][HTML] Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor-C and angiogenesis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

MX Ding, XQ Lin, XY Fu, N Zhang… - World journal of …, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM: To investigate the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor-c (VEGF-C) mRNA
and microvessel density (MVD) in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) …

VEGF‐C expression in squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus

C Möbius, J Freire, I Becker, M Feith… - World journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Background Vascular endothelial growth factor C (VEGF‐C) is the only factor known to
cause lymphangiogenesis. In esophageal cancer the histologic tumor type and lymph node …

Expression of VEGF-C correlates with a poor prognosis based on analysis of prognostic factors in 73 patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinomas

P Liu, W Chen, H Zhu, B Liu, S Song… - Japanese journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Objective The purpose of this study was to specifically investigate the clinicopathological
role of expression of vascular endothelial growth factor-C (VEGF-C) as well as the …

VEGF-C expression correlates with histological differentiation and metastasis in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

T Noguchi, S Takeno, T Shibata… - Oncology …, 2002 - spandidos-publications.com
Vascular endothelial growth factor C (VEGF-C) is known to act in lymphangiogenesis.
Recent reports suggest VEGF-C plays a role in the spread of several cancers to the lymph …

Prognostic value of VEGF expression in primary esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

W Xu, G Yang, L Zhou, Y Xie, L Zhang - Chinese Journal of Cancer …, 2004 - Springer
Objective: To study the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and
microvessel density (MVD) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and clarify the …

Vascular endothelial growth factors C and D and lymphangiogenesis in gastrointestinal tract malignancy

SE Duff, C Li, M Jeziorska, S Kumar… - British journal of …, 2003 - nature.com
Vascular endothelial growth factor-C (VEGF-C) and VEGF-D are members of the VEGF
family of cytokines and have angiogenic and lymphangiogenic actions. In gastric …