Microvessel density compared with the Chalkley count in a prognostic study of angiogenesis in breast cancer patients

Aims:  Evaluation of angiogenesis by intratumoral vessel profiles can be performed by different methods. The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of estimates obtained by the intratumoral microvessel density (MVD) method and then to compare with corresponding estimates obtained by the Chalkley method.

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