Quantitative Image Analysis of Epithelial and Stromal Area in Histological Sections of Colorectal Cancer: An Emerging Diagnostic Tool

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Epithelial/stromal ratio in different tissue compartments (normal mucosa (NM) in healthy patients, normal appearing mucosa (Mu) distant from tumor, adjacent mucosa (AM), tumor center (TC), invasive front 1 (IF1), and invasive front 2 (IF2)) in colorectal cancer patients with and without liver metastasis. Values are given as means standard deviation.