Primary Tumor-Secreted Lymphangiogenic Factors Induce Pre-Metastatic Lymphvascular Niche Formation at Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

• Naohiro Wakisaka ,

  * E-mail: wakisaka@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology, and Head & Neck Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

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• Yasuhisa Hasegawa,

  Affiliation Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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• Seiichi Yoshimoto,

  Affiliation Department of Head and Neck Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kouki Miura,

  Affiliation Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Akihiro Shiotani,

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan

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• Junkichi Yokoyama,

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Masashi Sugasawa,

  Affiliation Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Otolaryngology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan

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• Makiko Moriyama-Kita,

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology, and Head & Neck Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

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• Kazuhira Endo,

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology, and Head & Neck Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

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• Tomokazu Yoshizaki

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology, and Head & Neck Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

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