Difference between revisions of "Lymphovascular invasion"

*[[Urothelial carcinoma]]: LVI is an independent predictor of a poor prognosis that has more predictive power than [[tumour stage]].<ref name=pmid19494855>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Cheng | first1 = L. | last2 = Montironi | first2 = R. | last3 = Davidson | first3 = DD. | last4 = Lopez-Beltran | first4 = A. | title = Staging and reporting of urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 22 Suppl 2 | issue =  | pages = S70-95 | month = Jun | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.2009.1 | PMID = 19494855 | URL = http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v22/n2s/full/modpathol20091a.html }}</ref>

*Breast cancer: not an independent risk factor.<ref name=pmid19436035>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Ejlertsen | first1 = B. | last2 = Jensen | first2 = MB. | last3 = Rank | first3 = F. | last4 = Rasmussen | first4 = BB. | last5 = Christiansen | first5 = P. | last6 = Kroman | first6 = N. | last7 = Kvistgaard | first7 = ME. | last8 = Overgaard | first8 = M. | last9 = Toftdahl | first9 = DB. | title = Population-based study of peritumoral lymphovascular invasion and outcome among patients with operable breast cancer. | journal = J Natl Cancer Inst | volume = 101 | issue = 10 | pages = 729-35 | month = May | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1093/jnci/djp090 | PMID = 19436035 }}</ref>

*[[Colorectal carcinoma]]: independent predictor of poorer prognosis.<ref name=pmid20305435>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lim | first1 = SB. | last2 = Yu | first2 = CS. | last3 = Jang | first3 = SJ. | last4 = Kim | first4 = TW. | last5 = Kim | first5 = JH. | last6 = Kim | first6 = JC. | title = Prognostic significance of lymphovascular invasion in sporadic colorectal cancer. | journal = Dis Colon Rectum | volume = 53 | issue = 4 | pages = 377-84 | month = Apr | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181cf8ae5 | PMID = 20305435 }}</ref>