Increased Intratumoral Neutrophil in Colorectal Carcinomas Correlates Closely with Malignant Phenotype and Predicts Patients' Adverse Prognosis

Hui-Lan Rao; Jie-Wei Chen; Mei Li; Yong-Bo Xiao; Jia Fu; Yi-Xin Zeng; Mu-Yan Cai; Dan Xie

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030806

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Increased Intratumoral Neutrophil in Colorectal Carcinomas Correlates Closely with Malignant Phenotype and Predicts Patients' Adverse Prognosis

Hui-Lan Rao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hui-Lan Rao, Jie-Wei Chen

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Jie-Wei Chen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hui-Lan Rao, Jie-Wei Chen

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Mei Li,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Yong-Bo Xiao,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Jia Fu,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Yi-Xin Zeng,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Mu-Yan Cai ,

* E-mail: caimuyan@hotmail.com (M-YC); xied@mail.sysu.edu.cn (DX)

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Dan Xie

* E-mail: caimuyan@hotmail.com (M-YC); xied@mail.sysu.edu.cn (DX)

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Increased Intratumoral Neutrophil in Colorectal Carcinomas Correlates Closely with Malignant Phenotype and Predicts Patients' Adverse Prognosis

Hui-Lan Rao,
Jie-Wei Chen,
Mei Li,
Yong-Bo Xiao,
Jia Fu,
Yi-Xin Zeng,
Mu-Yan Cai,
Dan Xie

Published: January 25, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030806

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