Wnt-5a Protein Expression in Primary Dukes B Colon Cancers Identifies a Subgroup of Patients with Good Prognosis

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Oncogenic Wnt/beta-catenin signaling occurs in a majority of colorectal cancers. In contrast, very little is known about the role of the nontransforming Wnt protein family member Wnt-5a in those tumors. In the most common of the three colon cancer stages, Dukes B or lymph node-negative, the outcome is the hardest to predict. We searched for a predictive marker in this group and observed loss of or reduced Wnt-5a...

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