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Invasive ductal carcinoma with lymph vascular invasion
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Technically a precursor to node involvement, means it is found in lymph vessels in surrounding tissue. Sometimes also used as a term to describe to cancer in the blood vessels in the tissue surrounding a tumor. This isn’t necessarily confined to breast tissue or even breast cancer (further clarification).
It is a determining factor when considering a treatment plan as is angiogenesis (the tumors ability to create new blood vessels in order to grow).
Did you have positive nodes as well?
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@autieoakley I was told by my doctors. that LVI was confined to the breast and that focal lympovascular invasion is not really a precursor to node involvement. They did not mention angiogenesis but instead said that LVI indicates cells that "want to travel." They did not connect LVI to node involvement at all. My nodes were all negative.
Since your interpretation differs from what I have told, I want to research. Can you share a source?