Open AccessECA39 is a novel distant metastasis-related biomarker in colorectal cancer
Author(s) -
Reigetsu Yoshikawa,
Hidenori Yanagi,
Chun-Shen Shen,
Yoshinori Fujiwara,
Masafumi Noda,
Toshihiko Yagyu,
Makoto Gega,
Tsutomu Oshima,
Takehira Yamamura,
Haruki Okamura,
Yoshiro Nakano,
Tsutomu Morinaga,
Tomoko Hashimoto-Tamaoki
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5884
Subject(s) - colorectal cancer , medicine , oncology , metastasis , biomarker , immunohistochemistry , distant metastasis , cancer , tissue microarray , adenocarcinoma , colorectal adenocarcinoma , predictive marker , cancer research , biology , biochemistry
To investigate the possible role of polysaccharide-K (PSK) -related markers in predicting distant metastasis and in the clinical outcome of colorectal cancer (CRC).