Colorectal Cancer
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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 15, 2004; 10(4): 545-549
Published online Feb 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i4.545
Expression of thymidine phosphorylase by macrophages in colorectal cancer tissues
Ji-Min Zhang, Takayuki Mizoi, Ken-Ichi Shiiba, Iwao Sasaki, Seiki Matsuno
Ji-Min Zhang, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Second Hospital of Guangzhou Medical School, Guangzhou 510260, Guangdong Province, China
Takayuki Mizoi, Iwao Sasaki, Seiki Matsuno, Ken-ichi Shiiba, The First Department of Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Technology, Japan
Correspondence to: Ji-Min Zhang, MD, PhD, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, the Second Hospital of Guangzhou Medical School, Guangzhou 510260, Guangdong Province, China. arthur@basil.freemail.ne.jp
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Received: August 2, 2003
Revised: August 22, 2003
Accepted: September 24, 2003
Published online: February 15, 2004
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