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Expression of cancer stem cell markers in metastatic colorectal cancer correlates with liver metastasis, but not with metastasis to the central nervous system.
Pathology, research and practice - 1 Aug 2015
Michl Marlies, Heinemann Volker, Jung Andreas, Engel Jutta, Kirchner Thomas, Neumann Jens
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INTRODUCTION: In colorectal cancer (CRC), metastatic spread is supposed to be mainly driven by tumor cells with stem cell features. Only about 1% of all CRC patients develop metastasis to the central nervous system (CNS). The present study intended to analyze the correlation between the expression of cancer stem cell markers and patterns of liver or CNS metastases. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Immunohistochemistry for...
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