简介：Objective:Thisstudyaimstoinvestigatetheclinicopathologicsignificanceoflymphaticvesselinvasion(LVI)labeledbyD2-40monoclonalantibodyinesophagealsquamouscellcarcinoma(ESCC).Methods:ImmunohistochemicalassaywasusedtodetecttheexpressionofD2-40andLVIin107ESCCpatients.Then,thecorrelationbetweentheclinicopathologicfeatureandtheoverallsurvivaltimeofthepatientswasanalyzed.Results:Thelymphnodemetastasisrateswere70%and21%intheLVI-positiveandLVI-negativegroups,respectively.ThenodalmetastasisratewashigherintheLVI-positivegroupthanintheLVI-negativegroup.MultivariateregressionanalysisshowedthatLVIwasrelatedtonodalmetastasis(P<0.001).Themediansurvivaltimeofthepatientswas26and43monthsintheLVI-positiveandLVI-negativegroups,respectively.Althoughunivariateregressionanalysisshowedsignificantdifferencebetweenthetwogroups(P=0.014),multivariateregressionanalysisrevealedthatLVIwasnotanindependentprognosticfactorforoverallsurvivalintheESCCpatients(P=0.062).Lymphaticnodemetastasis(P=0.031),clinicalstage(P=0.019),andresidualtumor(P=0.026)weretheindependentprognosticfactors.Conclusion:LVIlabeledbyD2-40monoclonalantibodyisariskfactorpredictiveoflymphnodemetastasisinESCCpatients.