Intensity of angiogenesis and mast cell infiltration in cervical intraepithelial and invasive lesions - are they correlated?

The data on the association between angiogenesis and mast cell density in cervical tumors and pretumoral conditions are scanty. The aims of the study were as follows: (1) to assess microvessel density and mast cell density in cervical lesions as well as in normal cervix samples and (2) to study the correlation between these variables. A hundred and one cervical samples were submitted to histopathological evaluation.