Article
Common polymorphisms in the vascular endothelial growth factor gene and colorectal cancer development, prognosis, and survival.
Molecular carcinogenesis - 1 Jun 2009
Dassoulas Konstantinos, Gazouli Maria, Rizos Spyros, Theodoropoulos George, Christoni Zoi, Nikiteas Nikolaos, Karakitsos Petros
Abstract excerpt
Angiogenesis plays an important role in growth, progression, and metastasis of tumors. The most important regulator of angiogenesis is vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). VEGF expression has been associated with advance stage and poor survival of several cancers. In the present study we evaluated the association of functional polymorphisms in the VEGF gene with colorectal cancer development, prognosis, and...
Topics
- Alleles
- Case-Control Studies
- Colorectal Neoplasms
- Gene Frequency
- Paraffin Embedding
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Prognosis
- Survival Analysis
