From: Tumor necrosis is associated with increased alphavbeta3integrin expression and poor prognosis in nodular cutaneous melanomas
Cell adhesion markers
No. of cases
pa
Nevi
NMb + SSMc
α v -integrin
weakd
15
42
strong
16
104
0.034
β3-integrin
21
53
10
97
0.001
CD44
8
69
22
77
0.038
osteopontin
26
60
5
88
< 0.0001