Colon Cancer
Researchers from University of Minho report details of new studies and findings in the area of colon cancer
Published in Hospital Law Weekly, May 8th, 2008
According to recent research from Braga, Portugal, "To evaluate whether lymphatic vessel density (LVD) and lymphatic vessel invasion (LVI) are useful markers of worse outcome in colorectal carcinoma and if LVD and LVI correlate to the classical clinical-pathological parameters, we analysed 120 cases of colorectal carcinomas selected from the files of Division of Pathology, Hospital das Clinicas, Sao Paulo University, Brazil. Assessment of LVD and LVI was performed by immunohistochemical detection of lymphatic vessels, using the monoclonal antibody D2-40."
"Higher LVD was found in the intratumoural area, when comparing with normal and peritumoural areas (p < 0.001)....
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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2008-05-08)
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