Lymphatic vessel invasion detected by the endothelial lymphatic marker D2-40 (podoplanin) is predictive of regional lymph node status and an independent prognostic factor in patients with resected esophageal cancer

The discovery of markers to lymphatic endothelial cells and the development of novel antibodies to these markers have brought increasing attention to the lymphatics and progress in the understanding of lymphangiogenesis and cancer metastasis. In this study, we investigate the presence of lymphatic v...

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Main Authors: Jerzy Laudański, Grzegorz Łapuć, Robert Milewski, Jacek Nikliński, Wojciech Naumnik, Mirosław Kozłowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2011-04-01
Series:Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
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Online Access:http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4148