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New colon cancer research has been reported by scientists at St. James's University, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine

Published in Cancer Weekly, June 1st, 2010

Investigators publish new data in the report 'The proportion of tumour cells is an independent predictor for survival in colorectal cancer patients.' "The proportion of epithelial and stromal cells in tumours is thought to have an important role in the progression of epithelial malignancy. We aimed to determine whether the relative proportion of tumor (PoT) was related to survival in colorectal cancer," researchers in Leeds, the United Kingdom report.

"The PoT at the luminal surface was measured by point counting using virtual tissue sections in a series of 145 colorectal cancer cases. The relationship of PoT to clinicopathological parameters including cancer-specific...

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