VEGFC and squamous cell carcinoma: A similar association between COX-2 and VEGF-C was also demonstrated at the protein levels by immunohistochemical studies of squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck (Kyzas et al, 2005) and oesophagus (Byeon et al, 2004) as well as in non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma (Su et al, 2004).