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Implication of vascular endothelial growth factor in the development and metastasis of human cancers.
Human cell - 1 Mar 1999
Arii S, Mori A, Uchida S, Fujimoto K, Shimada Y, Imamura M
Abstract excerpt
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a most potent angiogenic molecule. In this article, we demonstrated that VEGF is participated in the tumor angiogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma, esophageal cancer, and pancreatic cancer. Furthermore, we revealed that VEGF is one of the molecules which are responsible for metastasis and prognosis in esophageal cancer and colon cancer. Although the mechanism on the...
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