Immunohistochemical staining with non-phospho β-catenin as a diagnostic and prognostic tool of COX-2 inhibitor therapy for patients with extra-peritoneal desmoid-type fibromatosis

Abstract Background Immunohistochemical staining with conventional anti-β-catenin antibody has been applied as a diagnostic tool for desmoid-type fibromatosis (DF). This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic value of immunohistochemical staining with anti-non-phospho β-catenin antibo...

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Main Authors: Tomohisa Sakai, Yoshihiro Nishida, Shunsuke Hamada, Hiroshi Koike, Kunihiro Ikuta, Takehiro Ota, Naoki Ishiguro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Diagnostic Pathology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13000-017-0654-z