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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Oncol. 2011 May 1;103(6):489–500. doi: 10.1002/jso.21714

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

The microstructure of the lymphatic wall (on the left), with patchy basement membrane, tethering of endothelial cells to surrounding stroma, and “button-like” interendothelial openings [13] remains open to the inflow of fluid and tumor cells despite increased IFP. In contrast, the collapsed blood vessel (right) probably is more difficult for a tumor cell to negotiate.