## Abstract Malignant melanomas of the skin primarily metastasize to lymph nodes, and the detection of sentinel lymph node metastases serves as an important prognostic parameter. There is now compelling evidence that melanomas can induce lymphangiogenesis (growth of lymphatic vessels), mainly at th
Lymphangiogenesis and tumor metastasis
β Scribed by MichaelS. Pepper; Jean-Christophe Tille; Riccardo Nisato; Mihaela Skobe
- Book ID
- 106138606
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 172 KB
- Volume
- 314
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0302-766X
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