Assessment of angiogenesis expression and its relationship with prognosis of colorectal cancer by conventional and computer-assisted histopathological image analysis Investigação da expressão da angiogênese e sua relação com o prognóstico do câncer colorretal pela análise convencional e informatizada da imagem histopatológica

PURPOSE: To quantify the degree of angiogenesis by conventional method (microvessel density, MVD) and computerized method (endothelial area, EA), and to evaluate their relationships with the prognosis of patients operated on for colorectal adenocarcinoma. METHODS: Tumoral angiogenesis was studied by...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Betim Paes Leme, Ângela Flavia Logullo Waitzberg, Ricardo Artigiani Neto, Marcelo Moura Linhares, Delcio Matos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2006-12-01
Series:Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502006000600007

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