Difference between revisions of "Lymphovascular invasion"

| LVI has more predictive power than [[tumour stage]] in the [[urinary bladder]];<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> appears to be less important in upper urinary tract disease<ref name=pmid24954108>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kim | first1 = HS. | last2 = Kim | first2 = M. | last3 = Jeong | first3 = CW. | last4 = Kwak | first4 = C. | last5 = Kim | first5 = HH. | last6 = Ku | first6 = JH. | title = Presence of lymphovascular invasion in urothelial bladder cancer specimens after transurethral resections correlates with risk of upstaging and survival: A systematic review and meta-analysis. | journal = Urol Oncol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Jun | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1016/j.urolonc.2014.05.008 | PMID = 24954108 }}</ref>