Clinical and prognostic significance of OPN and VEGF expression in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer. Issue 4 (August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lin, Qunying; Guo, Lijing; Lin, Guosheng; Chen, Zhiwei; Chen, Tonghuan; Lin, Juan; Zhang, Bo; Gu, Xiaobin
• Is Part Of: Cancer epidemiology. Volume 39:Issue 4(2015)
• Page Start: 539
• Page End: 544
• Publication Date: 2015-08
• Subjects: Cancer -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Cancer -- Prevention -- Periodicals; Cancer -- Diagnosis -- Periodicals; Carcinogenesis -- Periodicals; 616.994005
• DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2015.05.010
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1877-7821

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">This was the first study investigating OPN and VEGF expression in NSCLC including patients with all stages (I–IV).</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">The present study showed the clinical significance of OPN and VEGF expression in NSCLC.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">NSCLC Patients with OPN(+)/VEGF(+) had the worst prognosis among groups.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">OPN expression and VEGF expression were independent prognostic factors for NSCLC.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>