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. 2015 Mar 31;2015:526524. doi: 10.1155/2015/526524

Table 1.

Expression of CRT in different cancers.

Cancer CRT levels* Clinical outcomes Reference
Oral Increased [43]
Esophagus Increased ↓ survival (poor prognosis) [44]
Breast Increased ↑ metastasis, ↑ invasion, ↓ survival [4547]
Pancreas Increased ↑ lymph node metastasis, ↑ UICC stage, ↓ survival [48]
Gastric Increased ↑ lymph node metastasis, ↑ invasion, ↑ microvessel density, ↓ survival [49]
Colon Increased [50]
Bladder Increased ↑ urinary CRT, ↑ histological grade, ↑ pathological T stage [5153]
Prostate Increased [54]
Vagina Increased [55]
#Ovarian Increased Better response to chemotherapy [55, 56]
#Neuroblastoma Increased ↑ differentiation, ↑ survival [57]

↑: increased; ↓: decreased.

*CRT levels in tumor tissue except ovarian carcinoma in effusion fluids.

#Higher levels of CRT seem to correlate with good prognosis for the diseases.