Expression of Lewisa , sialyl Lewisa , Lewisx and sialyl Lewisx antigens as prognostic factors in patients with colorectal cancer

Can J Gastroenterol Vol 14 No 9 October 2000 753 First Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki Prefecture Tarami Hospital, Nishisonogi, Division of Blood Transfusion, Nagasaki University Hospital, School of Allied Medical Science, Nagasaki University, and Department of Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan Correspondence and reprints: Dr Tohru Nakagoe, First Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501 Japan. Telephone +81-95-849-7304, fax +81-95-849-7306, e-mail nakagoe@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp Received for publication December 20, 1999. Accepted May 17, 2000 ORIGINAL ARTICLE