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How useful is the assessment of lymphatic vascular density in oral carcinoma prognosis?

BACKGROUND: Lymphatic vessels are major routes for metastasis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), but lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) are difficult to recognize in tumor histological sections. D2-40 stains podoplanin, a molecule expressed in LECs, however, the potential prognostic u...

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Autores principales: Longatto Filho, Adhemar, Oliveira, Tiago Gil, Pinheiro, Céline, de Carvalho, Marcos Brasilino, Curioni, Otávio Alberto, Mercante, Ana Maria da Cunha, Schmitt, Fernando C, Gattás, Gilka JF
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2228303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18072963
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-5-140