Olfactomedin 4 (OLFM4) expression is associated with nodal metastases in esophageal adenocarcinoma.

To date no informative biomarkers exist to accurately predict presence of lymph node metastases (LNM) in esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). We studied the discriminative value of Olfactomedin 4 (OLFM4), an intestinal stem cell marker, in EAC. Patients who had undergone esophagectomy as single treatmen...

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Main Authors: Lucia Suzuki, Fiebo J C Ten Kate, Annieke W Gotink, Hans Stoop, Michail Doukas, Daan Nieboer, Manon C W Spaander, Jan J B van Lanschot, Bas P L van Wijnhoven, Arjun D Koch, Marco J Bruno, Leendert H J Looijenga, Katharina Biermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219494