Psychosocial functioning and vascular endothelial growth factor in patients with head and neck cancer
Fang CY, Egleston BL, Ridge JA, Lango MN, Bovbjerg DH, Studts JL, Burtness BA, Einarson MB, Klein–Szanto A. Psychosocial functioning and vascular endothelial growth factor in patients with head and neck cancer. Head & Neck 2013, 36: 1113-1119. PMID: 23804308, PMCID: PMC4099415, DOI: 10.1002/hed.23421.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular endothelial growth factorEndothelial growth factorPsychosocial functioningVEGF expressionNeck squamous cell carcinomaGrowth factorSquamous cell carcinomaTumor VEGF expressionGreater VEGF expressionHPV statusPoor outcomeCell carcinomaPatient populationPoor prognosisDisease stageHuman papillomavirusNeck cancerBiobehavioral pathwaysPatientsHPVTumor samplesVEGF analysisHNSCCsPrognosisSurgery