Immunohistochemical expression of CK20, CK7, and CDX2 in colorectal carcinoma in correlation with pathomorphological characteristics.
Nevena IlievaDesislava TashkovaDmitrii StaykovDenitsa SertevaYana FeodorovaNikolay MehterovAngelina MollovaSvitlana BachurskaPublished in: Folia medica (2022)
Colorectal carcinoma is the third most common cancer worldwide. The usual immunophenotype of colorectal adenocarcinoma is CDX2 positive, CK20 positive, and CK7 negative. Aberrant expression is reported in a variety of colorectal carcinomas but its relation to morphological variables and survival data is still unclear.