Enhanced stiffness in peri-cancerous tissue: a marker of poor prognosis in papillary thyroid carcinoma with lymph node metastasis.
Lei HuLei YeChong PeiChunlei SunChaoxue ZhangFan JiangNianan HeWeifu LvPublished in: The oncologist (2024)
Stiff peri-cancerous tissue induced CAF activation, COL-I deposition, and ECM remodeling, resulting in a poor prognosis for PTC patients with LNM.