Matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in correlation to proliferative and classical tumour markers during surgical therapy of colorectal liver metastases

Abstract

This study first describes comparison of matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors and proliferative and classical tumour markers at colorectal liver metastases.

Keywords

• colorectal cancer
• prognosis
• matrix metalloproteinases
• tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases