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SUBMITTER: Koelzer VH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4022053 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Koelzer Viktor H VH Lugli Alessandro A Dawson Heather H Hädrich Marion M Berger Martin D MD Borner Markus M Mallaev Makhmudbek M Galván José A JA Amsler Jennifer J Schnüriger Beat B Zlobec Inti I Inderbitzin Daniel D
Journal of translational medicine 20140329
<h4>Background and aims</h4>Reliable prognostic markers based on biopsy specimens of colorectal cancer (CRC) are currently missing. We hypothesize that assessment of T-cell infiltration in biopsies of CRC may predict patient survival and TNM-stage before surgery.<h4>Methods</h4>Pre-operative biopsies and matched resection specimens from 130 CRC patients treated from 2002-2011 were included in this study. Whole tissue sections of biopsy material and primary tumors were immunostained for pancytoke ...[more]