Introduction. The Bcl-2 gene codes an oncoprotein, inhibits a programmed cell death or apoptosis and it plays a very important role in colorectal cancerogenesis. The aim of our study is to determine Bcl-2 expression in colorectal carcinomas in relation with the stage of disease, histology of tumor type, localization and macroscopic growth pattern. ...

By Danijela Batinić Škipina, Slavica Knežević Ušaj, Dragana Zec, Mirjana Ćuk, Snežana Božanić, Nenad Lalović