Prognostic Significance of Lymphovascular Invasion in Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer after Radical Prostatectomy

Whether lymphovascular invasion (LVI) is an independent prognostic factor in prostate cancer is still controversial. We retrospectively investigated its predictive role in disease progression following radical prostatectomy. The histological sections of radical prostatectomies from 71 clinically loc...

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Main Authors: Dilek Ertoy Baydar, Barbaros Baseskioglu, Haluk Ozen, Pinar Ozdemir Geyik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2008-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2008.49