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Angiogenesis
Researchers at University of Tehran publish new data on angiogenesis
December 16th, 2008
"Angiogenesis is a prerequisite for the growth, invasion and metastasis of solid tumors. The aim of this study was to investigate the changes of microvessel densities in tumor with a method of probability," scientists writing in the journal Computers in Biology and Medicine report. "We showed that the stages of tumor angiogenesis may follow a probabilistic pattern compatible with Markov chain and this could be of prognostic importance. The system was simulated with 10,000 patients in order to show the applicability of this method," wrote B. Mohammadi and colleagues, University of Tehran. The researchers concluded: "This approach may improve...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-12-16)
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