Aspects of lymphatic vessel configuration of the human male urinary bladder and adjacent organs: A histological basis for understanding the spread of cancer metastases
Purpose: The spread of cancer cells via lymphatic vessels (LVs) is supposed to be an early event in the dissemination process of bladder cancer metastasis. However, the configuration of LVs in the human bladder has not been extensively examined microscopically. Therefore the distribution of LVs in t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-06-01
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Series: | Translational Research in Anatomy |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214854X18300037 |