Tumor Invasiveness, Not Lymphangiogenesis, Is Correlated with Lymph Node Metastasis and Unfavorable Prognosis in Young Breast Cancer Patients (≤35 Years)

Zhi-Qiang Zhang; Yu-Zhen Han; Qing Nian; Gang Chen; Shu-Qing Cui; Xing-Yong Wang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144376

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Tumor Invasiveness, Not Lymphangiogenesis, Is Correlated with Lymph Node Metastasis and Unfavorable Prognosis in Young Breast Cancer Patients (≤35 Years)

Zhi-Qiang Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Yu-Zhen Han

* E-mail: ZhangZQ678@gmail.com (ZZ); golden678@foxmail.com (XW)

Affiliations Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing, China, Key Laboratory of Pediatrics in Chongqing, Chongqing, China, Chongqing International Science and Technology Cooperation Center for Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing, China, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Yu-Zhen Han ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Yu-Zhen Han

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University, Binzhou, China
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Qing Nian ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing, China, Key Laboratory of Pediatrics in Chongqing, Chongqing, China, Chongqing International Science and Technology Cooperation Center for Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing, China, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Gang Chen ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University, Binzhou, China
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Shu-Qing Cui,

Affiliation Department of Nursing care and intervention, Community Health Service Center of North Binzhou, Binzhou, China
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Xing-Yong Wang

* E-mail: ZhangZQ678@gmail.com (ZZ); golden678@foxmail.com (XW)

Affiliations Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing, China, Key Laboratory of Pediatrics in Chongqing, Chongqing, China, Chongqing International Science and Technology Cooperation Center for Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing, China, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Tumor Invasiveness, Not Lymphangiogenesis, Is Correlated with Lymph Node Metastasis and Unfavorable Prognosis in Young Breast Cancer Patients (≤35 Years)

Zhi-Qiang Zhang,
Yu-Zhen Han,
Qing Nian,
Gang Chen,
Shu-Qing Cui,
Xing-Yong Wang

Published: December 11, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144376

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