Density of intranodal lymphatics and VEGF-C expression in B-cell lymphoma and reactive lymph nodes.
Lymphatic vasculature in solid tumors may serve as the pathway for metastatic spread of the cancer to the regional lymph nodes and to distant organs. Controversy still exists whether tumors metastasize through existing lymphatics or through newly formed vessels (lymphangiogenesis). The role of lymph...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Via Medica
2006-04-01
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Series: | Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica |
Online Access: | http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4587 |