LYVE1 and gastric cancer: Furthermore, the correlations between the expression of growth factors VEGF-C/D, the density of LYVE-1- and D2-40-stained lymphatic vessels, and the clinical and pathomorphological factors of GC, such as histopathological type, presence of ulceration, the presence of an inflammatory infiltration and angio- and lymphangio invasion, investigated with the Kruskall–Wallis test or the Mann–Whitney test, were statistically nonsignificant.