Overexpression of POSTN in Tumor Stroma Is a Poor Prognostic Indicator of Colorectal Cancer

• Main Authors: Hyeon Jeong Oh (Author), Jeong Mo Bae (Author), Xian-Yu Wen (Author), Nam-Yun Cho (Author), Jung Ho Kim (Author), Gyeong Hoon Kang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Pathologists & the Korean Society for Cytopathology, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Tumor microenvironment has recently drawn attention in that it is related with tumor prognosis. Cancer-associated fibroblast also plays a critical role in cancer invasiveness and progression in colorectal cancers. Periostin (POSTN), originally identified to be expressed in osteoblasts and...