Differential MIR-21 expression in plasma from mesenteric versus peripheral veins: an observational study of disease-free survival in surgically resected colon cancer patients.

A highly significant association was observed between MV miR-21 levels and the anatomic location of the tumor ( P = 0.003), whereas the association with PV miR-21 levels was less significant ( P = 0.01) (Table 1 , Figure 1 C). miR-21 Expression and Metastases Of the 13 patients who developed metastases during the course of the disease, 8 had metastases in areas drained by the MV of the colon: 4 peritoneal metastases, 2 liver metastases, and 2 anastomotic.

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MV miR-21 levels correlated positively with tumor size ( P = 0.04) and showed a trend toward correlation with carcinoma embryonic antigen levels ( P = 0.08).

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