Objective assessment of blood and lymphatic vessel invasion and association with macrophage infiltration in cutaneous melanoma

The aims of this study were to investigate the role of vascular invasion (blood and lymphatic), vessel density and the presence of tumour-associated macrophages as prognostic markers in 202 cutaneous melanoma patients. Sections of primary melanoma were stained with lymphatic-specific antibody D2-40...

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Main Authors: Storr, Sarah J, Safuan, Sabreena, Mitra, Angana, Elliott, Faye, Walker, Christopher, Vasko, Mark J, Ho, Bernard, Cook, Martin, Mohammed, Rabab AA, Patel, Poulam M, Ellis, Ian O, Newton-Bishop, Julia A, Martin, Stewart G
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3318158/