The role of vascular mimicry as a biomarker in malignant melanoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) a microvascular system consisting of non-endothelial cells that is newly formed by aggressive tumors, has been proposed as an important therapeutic target in malignant melanoma (MM). We performed a systematic literature review to evaluate the diagnostic...

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Main Authors: Zhenhua Zhang, Saber Imani, Marzieh Dehghan Shasaltaneh, Hossein Hosseinifard, Linglin Zou, Yu Fan, Qinglian Wen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-6350-5