Rasha Ramadan Mostafa

Galectin-3 expression in colorectal carcinoma : Immunohistochemical and histopathological study / التعبير عن جلاكتين-3 فى سرطان القولون و المستقيم : دراسة كيميائية نسيجية هستومناعية و هستوباثولوجية Rasha Ramadan Mostafa ; Supervised Badawia Bayoumi Ibrahim , Dina Omar Helmy , Samar Abdelmonem Elsheikh - Cairo : Rasha Ramadan Mostafa , 2014 - 194 P. : facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pathology

Colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death in both developed and developing nations. It is the third most common type of cancer worldwide. Evaluation of the immunohistochemical expression of galectin-3 in cases of colorectal carcinoma and correlation between galectin-3 expression and other clinical and pathological features. The current study included sixty cases of colorectal carcinomas collected from the pathology department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University during the period from January 2011 till March 2013, studied histologically and immunohistochemically for galectin-3 expression. -Galectin-3 expression was positive in 81.7% of total colorectal carcinoma studied cases



Colorectal carcinoma Galectin-3 Pathology