LIF and cancer: Quantification of vascular disseminated tumor-like structures revealed the presence of a greater number of structures in embryos injected with cLIF cancer cells and fewer structures in embryos injected with LIF+/− cells, compared to those injected with WT cancer cells [mean (SD): WT: 37.3 (16.9), cLIF: 55.9 (17.4), LIF+/−: 24.1 (8.0)] (Fig. 4i).