Tumor Invasiveness, Not Lymphangiogenesis, Is Correlated with Lymph Node Metastasis and Unfavorable Prognosis in Young Breast Cancer Patients (≤35 Years).

The morbidity rate of breast cancer is on the rise, and the age of onset appears to be trending toward a young age. Breast cancer in young women (BCYW) has a number of distinctive features that differ from breast cancer in middle-aged or elderly women (BCMEW). Lymphatic metastasis plays an important...

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Main Authors: Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Yu-Zhen Han, Qing Nian, Gang Chen, Shu-Qing Cui, Xing-Yong Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4676633?pdf=render