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Association of angiogenesis markers with lymph node metastasis in early colorectal cancer.
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 Aug 2007
Iddings Douglas M, Koda Emi A, Grewal Sandeep S, Parker Ricardo, Saha Sukamal, Bilchik Anton
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HYPOTHESIS: We hypothesized that p53 mutations (mp53) are associated with decreased expression of thrombospondin 1 (TSP-1) and that decreased TSP-1 expression is associated with lymph node metastases. DESIGN: A retrospective study of lymphatic mapping and pathologic determination of angiogenesis markers in primary colorectal cancer. SETTING: Tertiary care cancer institute. PATIENTS: Sixty-one patients with...
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