VEGFA and neoplasm: In most studies, VEGF expression in CMT has been closely correlated with metastasis to lymph nodes, clinical stage, tumor grade, and malignancy (Qiu et al., 2008; Vinothini et al., 2009; Clemente et al., 2010, 2013; Millanta et al., 2010; Klopfleisch et al., 2011; Queiroga et al., 2011a; Carvalho et al., 2015a, 2016b; Moschetta et al., 2015; Mucha et al., 2016).