Racial differences in the prognostic usefulness of MUC1 and MUC2 in colorectal adenocarcinomas.

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There is a need for new prognostic parameters that could add insights into the aggressiveness of tumors. Because the expression of two well-characterized mucin antigens, MUC1 and MUC2, in colorectal adenocarcinomas (CRCs) has been correlated with the aggressiveness of CRCs, we evaluated the prognostic value of the expression of MUC1 and MUC2 in CRCs collected from African-American and Caucasian patients....

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