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. 2013 Jul 2;8(7):e67577. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067577

Figure 3. Relative CASP8 mRNA levels in cancerous and paracancerous normal tissues from patients with different pathological characteristics.

Figure 3

The TNM staging was classified according to the 7th edition of AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook [21], and the location and differentiation of cancerous tissues were determined by surgical and histopathological examination, respectively. There was no significant difference of the CASP8 mRNA expression in cancerous and paracancerous normal tissues from all 99 patients (a). The CASP8 mRNA expression in cancerous tissues from patients with different clinical characteristics showed no significant difference (b–f). A-colon, T-colon, D-colon and Rectum stand for ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon and rectum, respectively.