In February 2002, we published an article in the Br J Cancer concerning the prognostic impact of matched preoperative plasma and serum VEGF in patients with primary colorectal carcinoma (Werther et al ...
Angiogenesis is the formation of new blood vessels from the existing vasculature, and is essential for the growth and metastasis of most solid tumours. One of the most important growth factors ...
Abbreviations: BCLC, Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer; HH, high/high (VEGF > 450 pg/mL; IGF-1 > 26 ng/mL); HL, high/low (VEGF > 450 pg/mL; IGF-1 ≤ 26 ng/mL); IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor-1; LH, ...