Microscopic Vascular Invasion as a Predictor of Lung Cancer
Data taken from newer studies now suggests that microscopic vascular invasion (MVI), or the spread of individual cancer cells via the most minute blood vessels in the human body, may be a more significant tool than typical staging methods in determining how severe and extensive cancerous tumors could be expected to become. The study, by Enrico Ruffini, MD and colleagues, shows that MVI may, in fact, be a better predictor of the nature of various cancers, most notably lung cancers , than the more commonly used TNM staging system, the one most widely
