The Expression of VEGF-C and It’s Receptor VEGFR-3 Correlates with Lymph Node Metastasis in Gastric Cancer
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52598#.VJyu_cCAM4 Author(s) Chun Yang 1,2 , Zhaoda Zhang 2* Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, Chengdu, China . 2 West China Medical School, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China . ABSTRACT Background: Regional lymph node invasion and metastasis may happen early during the progres-sion of gastric cancer. The lymphadenectomy is still the key method to treat lymph nodemetastasis. In the recent years, scientists have found some growth factors and receptors that can promote angiogenesis which also play an import...