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Tumor-Associated Macrophages Provide Significant Prognostic Information in Urothelial Bladder Cancer.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Boström Minna M, Irjala Heikki, Mirtti Tuomas, Taimen Pekka, Kauko Tommi, Ålgars Annika, Jalkanen Sirpa, Boström Peter J
Abstract excerpt
Inflammation is an important feature of carcinogenesis. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) can be associated with either poor or improved prognosis, depending on their properties and polarization. Current knowledge of the prognostic significance of TAMs in bladder cancer is limited and was investigated in this study. We analyzed 184 urothelial bladder cancer patients undergoing transurethral resection of a...
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