Vascular invasion in lung cancer

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Vascular invasion in lung cancer is one of the invasive patterns that can occur in lung cancer. Dependent on the publication, this could mean:

  • intratumoral vascular invasion (IVI) 
  • microscopic vascular invasion (MVI)
  • lymphovascular invasion (LVI)
  • lymphatic permeation
  • arterial invasion
  • venous invasion