Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Predicts Venous Invasion in Hepatocellular Carcinoma : A Prospective Study

Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptor, KDR, correlates with vascularity, metastasis, and proliferation of human colon cancer.

1995 • 1,271 citations

Constitutive production and thrombin-induced release of vascular endothelial growth factor by human megakaryocytes and platelets

1997 • 719 citations

Hepatic Resection Versus Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

1991 • 673 citations

Prognostic value of vascular endothelial growth factor expression in gastric carcinoma

1996 • 648 citations

Expression of vascular permeability factor (vascular endothelial growth factor) and its receptors in adenocarcinomas of the gastrointestinal tract.

1993 • 645 citations

Expression of vascular permeability factor (vascular endothelial growth factor) and its receptors in breast cancer

1995 • 622 citations

Release of the angiogenic cytokine vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) from platelets: significance for VEGF measurements and cancer biology

1998 • 608 citations

Intrahepatic Recurrence After Curative Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

1999 • 548 citations

Influence of Preoperative Transarterial Lipiodol Chemoembolization on Resection and Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Cirrhosis

1997 • 514 citations

Halting angiogenesis suppresses carcinoma cell invasion

1997 • 430 citations

Incidence and factors associated with intrahepatic recurrence following resection of hepatocellular carcinoma

1993 • 403 citations

Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

1998 • 388 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor in the sera and effusions of patients with malignant and nonmalignant disease

1999 • 366 citations

Factors affecting long-term outcome after hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma

1995 • 310 citations

Clinical significance of vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor gene expression in liver tumor

1996 • 306 citations

Recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after surgery

1996 • 298 citations

Elevated levels of the angiogenic cytokines basic fibroblast growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor in sera of cancer patients

1997 • 288 citations

Peripheral Blood Platelets Express VEGF-C and VEGF which Are Released during Platelet Activation

1998 • 277 citations

High pre-treatment serum level of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is associated with poor outcome in small-cell lung cancer

1998 • 275 citations

A High Pretreatment Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Concentration Is Associated With Poor Outcome in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

1997 • 261 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor expression in primary esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

1997 • 257 citations

Concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor in the sera of normal controls and cancer patients.

1996 • 246 citations

Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Associated with Cirrhosis in the Era of Liver Transplantation

1998 • 226 citations

Expression of vascular permeability factor/vascular endothelial growth factor in human hepatocellular carcinoma.

1996 • 221 citations

Recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after surgery

1996 • 188 citations

Serum vascular endothelial growth factor is often elevated in disseminated cancer.

1997 • 181 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor expression in non-small-cell lung cancer: Prognostic significance in squamous cell carcinoma

1998 • 175 citations

Increased expression of vascular endothelial growth factor is associated with tumor progression in hepatocellular carcinoma

1998 • 173 citations

Platelet number and interleukin-6 correlate with VEGF but not with bFGF serum levels of advanced cancer patients

1999 • 168 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor and platelet-derived growth factor are potential angiogenic and metastatic factors in human breast cancer

1996 • 163 citations

Increased expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in human hepatocellular carcinoma

1997 • 160 citations

Prognostic significance of pathologic features of hepatocellular carcinoma a multivariate analysis of 278 patients

1995 • 151 citations

Factors correlated with portal venous invasion by hepatocellular carcinoma: Univariate and multivariate analyses of 232 resected cases without preoperative treatments

1996 • 140 citations

Lack of intratumoral heterogeneity in DNA ploidy pattern of hepatocellular carcinoma

1993 • 130 citations

Circulating vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a possible tumor marker for metastasis in human hepatocellular carcinoma

1998 • 128 citations

Introduction

1990 • 122 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor serum concentrations in ovarian cancer

1998 • 116 citations

Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in normal liver and hepatocellular carcinoma: An immunohistochemical study

1997 • 113 citations

Significance of vascular endothelial growth factor mRNA expression in invasion and metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma.

1998 • 110 citations

Preoperative Chemoembolization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

1998 • 86 citations

Halting Angiogenesis Suppresses Carcinoma Cell Invasion

1999 • 58 citations

Tumor angiogenesis: the pivotal role of vascular endothelial growth factor

1996 • 52 citations

Lack of intrahepatic recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma by temporary portal venous embolization with starch microspheres.

1989 • 49 citations

Is hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis an actual indication for liver transplantation?

1997 • 43 citations

Elevation of serum level of vascular endothelial growth factor as a new predictor of recurrence and disease progression in patients with superficial urothelial cancer

1999 • 38 citations

Inhibitory effect of the angiogenesis inhibitor TNP-470 on tumor growth and metastasis in nude mice bearing human hepatocellular carcinoma

1997 • 35 citations

Significance of transcatheter chemoembolization combined with surgical resection for hepatocellular carcinomas

1989 • 29 citations

Constitutive Expression of the Thrombopoietin Gene in a Human Hepatoma Cell Line

1995 • 27 citations

Serum vascular endothelial growth factor is a candidate biomarker of metastatic tumor response to ex vivo gene therapy of renal cell cancer

1998 • 24 citations

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