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Anatomy
New anatomy data have been reported by M. Topol and co-authors
June 23rd, 2009
"The phenomenon of skip metastases depends on the occurrence of direct metastases of non-small cell lung cancer into mediastinal lymph nodes without the involvement of hilar lymph nodes. The medical literature suggests that this prevalence ranges between 13 and 37.8% of cases," scientists in Lodz, Poland report. "The goal of our study was to evaluate the prevalence of subpleural superficial lymphatic vessels carrying the lymph from the bronchopulmonary segments directly to the mediastinal nodes thus skipping the hilar nodes and determine whether there is a tendency towards differentiation in lymph drainage between males and females. During autopsy, 27 left and 27 right...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-06-23)
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