Surveillance colonoscopy and biopsy are inaccurate methods of predicting the likelihood of ulcerative colitis patients to develop colon carcinoma. We examined uPA and PAI-1 as potential markers for assessing these patients and those with familial polyposis who are at risk of developing colon cancer.
Two distinct expression patterns of urokinase, urokinase receptor and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in colon cancer liver metastases
β Scribed by Gert G. Van den Eynden; Steven J. Van Laere; Ilse Van der Auwera; Xuan Bich Trinh; Eric A. Van Marck; Luc Y. Dirix; Peter B. Vermeulen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 59 KB
- Volume
- 125
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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