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Prognostic significance of cell infiltrations of immunosurveillance in colorectal cancer.
World journal of gastroenterology - 28 Feb 2005
Tan Shi-Yun, Fan Yan, Luo He-Sheng, Shen Zhi-Xiang, Guo Yi, Zhao Liang-Jia
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AIM: To determine whether the mast cell (MCs) and tumor-associated macrophage (TAMs) counts have any correlation with clinical outcome in colorectal cancer, and to investigate whether MCs undergo phenotypic changes in colorectal cancer. METHODS: The MC and TAM counts were determined immunohistochemically in 60 patients with colorectal cancer and the depth of invasion, lymph node metastasis rate, distant...
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