Figure 4
From: PRL-3 overexpression in epithelial cells is induced by surrounding stromal fibroblasts
Disease free survival Kaplan-Meier plots according to (A) alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) status and (B) Masson trichrome staining. 43 metastasic primary colorectal tumours (22 stage IIIB and 21 stage IIIC) were obtained from the Department of Pathology of the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge. All patients underwent radical surgical resection and received chemotherapy adjuvant treatment. P-values correspond to Log rank test and were considered significant if P ≤ 0.05. All patients gave written consent to give tumour samples to Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge tumour bank, and the ethics committee of the hospital cleared the tumour harvesting and grafting protocols.