Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Induced in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells via Close Contact with Tumor-Associated Macrophages Contributes to Cancer Progression and Poor Prognosis.

Cancers (Basel) · 2023 · PMC10252039 · PMID 37296952

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close to being statistically significantp = 0.056so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Almost all the cancer cell MMP9 positive cases expressed IL-8 (18/19) on IHC, and the correlation was close to being statistically significant ( p = 0.056).

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