Prognostic significance of vascular endothelial growth factor protein levels in oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

BD Smith, GL Smith, D Carter, CT Sasaki… - Journal of Clinical …, 2000 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE: Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) promotes angiogenesis in many
different tumor types. VEGF levels may affect tumor growth, metastatic potential, and …

Prognostic significance of vascular endothelial growth factor immunohistochemical expression in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a meta-analysis

PA Kyzas, IW Cunha, JPA Ioannidis - Clinical cancer research, 2005 - AACR
Purpose: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is considered as a prime mediator of
angiogenesis. Various studies examining the relationship between VEGF protein …

Prognostic significance of VEGF immunohistochemical expression and tumor angiogenesis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

PA Kyzas, D Stefanou, A Batistatou… - Journal of cancer research …, 2005 - Springer
Purpose: Tumor angiogenesis is crucial for both the growth of the primary tumor and the
development of metastases. Among the factors causing tumor angiogenesis, vascular …

Vascular endothelial growth factor in squamous cell head and neck carcinoma: expression and prognostic significance.

P Salven, P Heikkilä, A Anttonen, M Kajanti… - Modern pathology: an …, 1997 - europepmc.org
The growth of solid tumors is dependent on angiogenesis, the formation of new blood
vessels. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a secreted endothelial cell-specific …

Strong immunohistochemical expression of vascular endothelial growth factor predicts overall survival in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

GM Tse, AWH Chan, KH Yu, AD King, KT Wong… - Annals of surgical …, 2007 - Springer
Background Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) has high morbidity and
mortality, and its relationship with tumor angiogenesis as measured by mircovessel density …

Prognostic value of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

H Mineta, K Miura, T Ogino, S Takebayashi… - British journal of …, 2000 - nature.com
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has been identified as the substance that
increases the permeability and proliferation of vascular endothelial cells. We examined the …

Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma

M Uehara, K Sano, H Ikeda, J Sekine, A Irie, T Yokota… - Oral oncology, 2004 - Elsevier
The correlation between expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and
prognosis for oral squamous cell carcinoma was investigated. Tissue samples of oral …

Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in human oral squamous cell carcinoma: its association with tumour progression and p53 gene status.

T Maeda, S Matsumura, H Hiranuma, A Jikko… - Journal of clinical …, 1998 - jcp.bmj.com
AIMS: To correlate vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in oral squamous
cell carcinoma with the clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis; and to assess …

Vascular endothelial growth factor is a marker of tumor invasion and metastasis in squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck

ER Sauter, M Nesbit, JC Watson, A Klein-Szanto… - Clinical cancer …, 1999 - AACR
Angiogenesis has been linked to increased metastasis formation and decreased overall
survival in patients with various tumors, including and neck squamous cell carcinomas …

Serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor in patients with head and neck cancer

F Riedel, K Götte, J Schwalb, H Wirtz, W Bergler… - European Archives of …, 2000 - Springer
Angiogenesis is now considered to be crucial for tumor growth and metastasis. In several
tumors, microvascular density has been shown to be correlated with metastasis and …