Paranodal vascular spread in breast cancer with axillary node involvement.
The presence of tumour cells in the efferent paranodal vessels of tumour-bearing axillary lymph nodes from patients with operable breast carcinoma was associated with a significant reduction in survival time at 5 yr compared to cases with node involvement in which these vessels did not contain tumour cells.
D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology