Association of LVDpodoplanin, LVDVEGFR3 and HEVD with lymph node metastasis.

N.A., not applicable; SLN, sentinel lymph node; LVD, lumphatic vessel density; HEVD, high endothelial venule density; SD, standard deviation. The subsets of SLN in relation to LVDs and HEVDwere analyzed using Mann-Whitney U-test. Patients with positive sentinel lymph node metastasis, non-sentinel lymph node metastasis, or nodal recurrence were defiened as lymph node metastasis-positive cases. Association of LVDpodoplanin, LVDVEGFR3 and HEVD with lymph node metastasis.N.A.：不适用（not applicable）；SLN：前哨淋巴结（sentinel lymph node）；LVD：淋巴管密度（lymphatic vessel density）；HEVD：高内皮微静脉密度（high endothelial venule density）；SD：标准差（standard deviation）。针对与淋巴管密度及高内皮微静脉密度相关的前哨淋巴结亚组，采用曼-惠特尼U检验进行统计分析。将存在前哨淋巴结转移、非前哨淋巴结转移或淋巴结复发的患者定义为淋巴结转移阳性病例。本研究探讨了Podoplanin（平足蛋白）标记淋巴管密度（LVDpodoplanin）、VEGFR3标记淋巴管密度（LVDVEGFR3）及高内皮微静脉密度与淋巴结转移的相关性。