Renal lymphatics, and lymphatic involvement in sinus vein invasive (pT3b) clear cell renal cell carcinoma: A study of 40 cases

Modern Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 746-753

  Bonsib, Stephen M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clear cell renal cell carcinoma; Lymphatic endothelium; Lymphatic invasion; Podoplanin; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; PODOPLANIN;

ADVENTITIA; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INTRALOBULAR ARTERY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY PELVIS; KIDNEY VEIN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL SINUS VEIN; SINUS VENOSUS; TUMOR GROWTH; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACTINS; ANTIGENS, CD31; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; VEINS;

EID: 33646129468     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800589     Document Type: Article

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