VEGFC and breast cancer: Elevated expression of VEGF-C in tumour tissues has been shown to have a negative influence on prognosis and a positive correlation with lymph node metastasis in many cancers including cancers of the breast (Nakamura et al, 2003), uterine cervix (Fujimoto et al, 2004), colon and rectum (Onogawa et al, 2004), oesophagus (Kimura et al, 2003), stomach (Duff et al, 2003a), head and neck (O-charoenrat et al, 2001), and gallbladder (Nakashima et al, 2003).