Human Subperitoneal Fibroblast and Cancer Cell Interaction Creates Microenvironment That Enhances Tumor Progression and Metastasis

• Motohiro Kojima ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Motohiro Kojima, Youichi Higuchi

  Affiliation Pathology Division, Research Center for Innovative Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

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• Youichi Higuchi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Motohiro Kojima, Youichi Higuchi

  Affiliation Pathology Division, Research Center for Innovative Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

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• Mitsuru Yokota,

  Affiliation Colorectal and Pelvic Surgery Division, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

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• Genichiro Ishii,

  Affiliation Pathology Division, Research Center for Innovative Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

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• Norio Saito,

  Affiliation Colorectal and Pelvic Surgery Division, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

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• Kazuhiko Aoyagi,

  Affiliation Genetic Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hiroki Sasaki,

  Affiliation Genetic Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Atsushi Ochiai

  * E-mail: aochiai@east.ncc.go.jp

  Affiliation Pathology Division, Research Center for Innovative Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

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