2013
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
2006
Vascular endothelial growth factor, FLT‐1, and FLK‐1 analysis in a pancreatic cancer tissue microarray
Chung GG, Yoon HH, Zerkowski MP, Ghosh S, Thomas L, Harigopal M, Charette LA, Salem RR, Camp RL, Rimm DL, Burtness BA. Vascular endothelial growth factor, FLT‐1, and FLK‐1 analysis in a pancreatic cancer tissue microarray. Cancer 2006, 106: 1677-1684. PMID: 16532435, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21783.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic cancer tissue microarrayCancer tissue microarrayTissue microarrayVEGF receptor 1Flt-1Receptor 1Kaplan-Meier survival curvesVascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expressionIndependent prognostic factorVascular endothelial growth factorFlk-1Growth factor expressionEndothelial growth factorPrimary antibodyFlt-1 expressionOverall survivalPrognostic factorsWorse survivalAggressive diseaseDisease stagePoor prognosisTumor expressionPancreatic cancerPancreatic adenocarcinomaPrincipal receptor