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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MARKERS
Volume 29, Issue 3, Pages E204-E207Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.5301/jbm.5000098
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Tumor vasculature; Morphology; Image analysis; Breast cancer
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan
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Angiogenesis, a hallmark of cancer, has been studied to be a potential marker for diagnosis, prognosis and therapy in breast cancer. To evaluate tumor angiogenesis, histological assessment has been a common approach and counting tumor microvessels after visualizing them by immunohistochemistry has been in use for a long time. With recent advances in digital pathology and image analysis, other characteristics of tumor vasculature can also be evaluated. In this article we briefly review the potentials of image analysis in assessing tumor microvessel morphologically that might be helpful in defining a better angiogenesis marker than other common markers like vessel count.
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