Overexpression of POSTN in Tumor Stroma Is a Poor Prognostic Indicator of Colorectal Cancer
Background Tumor microenvironment has recently drawn attention in that it is related with tumor prognosis. Cancer-associated fibroblast also plays a critical role in cancer invasiveness and progression in colorectal cancers. Periostin (POSTN), originally identified to be expressed in osteoblasts and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Korean Society of Pathologists & the Korean Society for Cytopathology
2017-05-01
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Series: | Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.jpatholtm.org/upload/pdf/jptm-2017-01-19.pdf |