Research Article

Lymphangiogenesis and Its Correlation with the VEGF Expression and the Sentinel Lymph Node in Cutaneous Melanomas

Table 2

Summary of immunolocalization of VEGF and lymphatic vessel density.

VEGF/tVEGF/sPTIT
Neg.++++++Neg.++++++Neg.++++++Neg.++++++

SLN+
 pT121122121
 pT221121221
 pT3221323241
 pT4814415318
SLN−
 pT1322122341
 pT2111111123
 pT36151124134
 pT441311325

SLN: sentinel lymph node, VEGT/t: intratumoral expression, and VEGF/s: stromal expression.