Lymphovascular invasion (LVI) has been reported as an independent predictor of patient
outcome in cervical carcinoma. However, not all studies support independent significance,
especially in multivariable analyses. A risk stratification system recently introduced for
endocervical adenocarcinoma was reported to better predict risk of lymph node (LN)
metastasis. A subset of patients with tumors with pattern C features had LN metastasis and
died of disease. In this study, we determined whether LVI had any additional significance in …