Morphologic analysis of microvessels in colorectal tumors with respect to the formation of liver metastases

Possible contribution of CD44 variant 6

Possible contribution of CD44 variant 6 and nuclear β-catenin expression to the formation of budding tumor cells in patients with T1 colorectal carcinoma

✍ Tadahiko Masaki; Akiteru Goto; Masanori Sugiyama; Hiroyoshi Matsuoka; Nobutsugu 📂 Article 📅 2001 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 487 KB 👁 1 views

In an earlier study, the authors demonstrated that tumor budding was useful for predicting lymph node metastasis in patients with early invasive (T1) colorectal carcinoma. This study was undertaken to clarify the associations between tumor budding, E-cadherin-catenin complex, and CD44 variant 6 abno