Colorectal Cancer

High Microvessel Count Is Most Important Prognostic Factor

Published in Cancer Weekly, February 15th, 2000

A high microvessel count at the deepest invasive portion of colorectal cancer is the most important prognosis predictor, according to a research team working in Japan.

Hiroshima University School of Medicine researcher T. Kimura and colleagues studied MUC1 and E-cadherin expression, cellular proliferation, and tumor vascularization at the deepest invasive portion of colorectal cancer in relation to prognosis.

Kimura et al. published their study in International Journal of Oncology ("Clinical significance of MUC1 and E-cadherin expression, cellular proliferation, and angiogenesis at the deepest invasive portion of colorectal cancer,"...

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