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The importance of lymphovascular invasion in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer

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boxed-textLotan Y et al. (2005) Lymphovascular invasion is independently associated with overall survival, cause-specific survival, and local and distant recurrence in patients with negative lymph nodes at radical cystectomy. J Clin Oncol 23: 6533–6539

Lymphovascular invasion is an important pathologic finding with prognostic significance in patients undergoing cystectomy for bladder cancer

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