Reassessment of Lymphovascular Invasion and Its Subtypes as Predictors of Prognosis and Recurrence in Gastric Cancer Using an Enhanced Detection Method.

Cancers (Basel) · 2026 · PMC13072422 · PMID 41976323

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For node-positive (N+) patients, the LVI+ group ( p = 0.02, HR = 1.584, 95%CI 1.075–2.355) and the LI+ group ( p = 0.003, HR = 1.746, 95%CI 1.199–2.542) demonstrated significantly worse prognosis, whereas VI+ did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.062). 3.5.

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