angioinvasion

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

angio- +‎ invasion

Noun[edit]

angioinvasion (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) Vascular invasion: Invasion (infiltration) of vessels (blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, or both), often and especially by cancer cells, either locoregionally or metastatically.
    • 2015 August 6, “miR-126-3p Inhibits Thyroid Cancer Cell Growth and Metastasis, and Is Associated with Aggressive Thyroid Cancer”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      In an independent sample set, lower miR-126-3p expression was observed in follicular thyroid cancers (which have capsular and angioinvasion) as compared to follicular adenomas.

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