Open AccessTumor infiltrating immune cells - potential powerful predictors in colorectal cancer patients
Author(s) -
Stefan Riss,
Rudolf Oehler
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of solid tumors
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-4075
pISSN - 1925-4067
DOI - 10.5430/jst.v1n3p87
Subject(s) - colorectal cancer , medicine , angiogenesis , immune system , suppressor , oncology , cancer , cancer research , immunology , bioinformatics , biology
In the recent years, great effort was undertaken to elucidate prognostic markers after colorectal resection for malignancies. For example, tumor suppressor genes, DNA repair markers, markers for angiogenesis and several other potential parameters were intensively investigated. However, to date, present data do not provide sufficient evidence that warrants the majority of available prognostic markers to be used in daily clinical practice