A compact VEGF signature associated with distant metastases and poor outcomes

Zhiyuan Hu^1,2 , Cheng Fan¹ , Chad Livasy^1,3 , Xiaping He^1,2 , Daniel S Oh^1,2 , Matthew G Ewend^1,4 , Lisa A Carey^1,4 , Subbaya Subramanian⁵ , Robert West⁵ , Francis Ikpatt⁶ , Olufunmilayo I Olopade⁶ , Matt van de Rijn⁵ and Charles M Perou^1,2,3

¹  Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA

²  Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA

³  Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA

⁴  Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA

⁵  Department of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94035, USA

⁶  Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Committees on Genetics and Cancer Biology, University of Chicago, South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637-1463, USA