Aberrant Loss of Dickkopf‐3 in Gastric Cancer: Can It Predict Lymph Node Metastasis Preoperatively?

Abstract

Loss of DKK3 protein expression was significantly associated with poor survival in patients with gastric cancer and was strongly correlated with the TNM stage. DKK3 might be a potential biomarker of lymph node involvement that can improve the predictive power of CT.