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SUBMITTER: Shin HC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8618174 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shin Hyeong Chan HC Seo Incheol I Jeong Hasong H Byun Sang Jun SJ Kim Shin S Bae Sung Uk SU Kwon Sun Young SY Lee Hye Won HW
Life (Basel, Switzerland) 20211116 11
This study evaluated the correlation between tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and long-term oncologic outcomes in colorectal cancer (CRC). We evaluated TAMs based on the expression of CD68, CD11c, and CD163 as optimal markers via immunohistochemistry in 148 patients with CRC who underwent surgical resection between September 1999 and August 2004. A high proportion of CD68-positive macrophages were associated with the occurrence of distant metastasis. A low proportion of CD11c-positive macroph ...[more]