Sentences with phrase «lymph duct growth»

This suggests that tumors send out signals that encourage lymph duct growth â $ «a parallel to the well - known ability of tumors to drive growth of blood vessels nearby.

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Yoon says the presence of these cells could be a marker for tumor growth and metastasis. Because tumors often metastasize along lymph ducts and into lymph nodes, studying this type of cells could lead to new targets for blocking tumor metastasis.

In the paper, the authors use several animal models to show that the progenitor cells could contribute to the formation of new lymph ducts, both by becoming part of the lymph ducts and by stimulating the growth of nearby cells.

nipple piercing — difficulty breastfeeding with an infected nipple (which in women can quickly travel through the milk ducts and into the lymph nodes under the arm) or the growth of a cyst inside the nipple.