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Prognostic significance and molecular features of signet-ring cell and mucinous components in colorectal carcinoma.
Annals of surgical oncology - 1 Apr 2015
Inamura Kentaro, Yamauchi Mai, Nishihara Reiko, Kim Sun A, Mima Kosuke, Sukawa Yasutaka, Li Tingting, Yasunari Mika, Zhang Xuehong, Wu Kana, Meyerhardt Jeffrey A, Fuchs Charles S, Harris Curtis C, Qian Zhi Rong, Ogino Shuji
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BACKGROUND: Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) represents a group of histopathologically and molecularly heterogeneous diseases, which may contain signet-ring cell component and/or mucinous component to a varying extent under pathology assessment. However, little is known about the prognostic significance of those components, independent of various tumor molecular features. METHODS: Utilizing a molecular pathological...
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