Lymphatic vessel involvement is predictive for lymph node metastasis and an important prognostic factor in endometrial cancer.

Akihiko WakayamaWataru KudakaHirofumi MatsumotoHajime AoyamaTakuma OoyamaYusuke TairaYoshihisa ArakakiYuko ShimojiTadaharu NakasoneKumiko NishihiraItomi KaneshimaTomoko TamakiNaoki YoshimiYoichi Aoki

Published in: International journal of clinical oncology (2017)

Our study suggests that by separately evaluating lymphatic invasion and blood vessel invasion in endometrial cancer cases, useful information for predicting lymph node metastasis and recurrence sites as well as prognostic information can be obtained.

Keyphrases

endometrial cancer
lymph node metastasis
prognostic factors
squamous cell carcinoma
papillary thyroid
cell migration
lymph node
health information
free survival