Cervical Cancer

Vascular Hot Spots Could Define Prognosis In Gynecological Tumors

Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 15th, 2001

by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Vascular 'hot spots' in the tumors of patients with uterine cervical cancer could provide significant information about patient prognosis.

Scientists know that tumor vascularity can predict the way cancer is likely to grow and progress over time. However, according to medical investigators in Germany, "tumor microvessel density might not just represent the angiogenic potential of the neoplastic cells but could also be influenced by the primary vascularization of the host tissue."

A current study of 52 cervical cancer patients for tumor and host tissue vascularity may redefine the way scientists analyze...

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