The correlation between mediastinal lymphadenopathy positivity proved by mediastinoscopy and serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in NSCLC cases

B. Kocar, K. Murat, T. Huseyin Cem, E. Artan, T. Karadeli, O. Hayati, S. Cikrikcioglu (Istanbul, Turkey)

Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Diagnosis of thoracic malignancies
Session: Diagnosis of thoracic malignancies
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3876
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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