CD24 has also been implicated in CRCSC’s.examined 523 colorectal adenocarcinomas of
various stages and found significant correlation between CD24 expression and degree of differentiation.Other studies have shown that the degree of colorectal tumor CD24 expression is associated with lymph node metastasis and shortened patient survival.
We chose not to use CD24 in our study. Although there may be a relationship between CD24 and oncologic outcome, the evidence for CD24 as CRCSC marker is less convincing