Furthermore, EpCAM+ taMPs values were evaluated in serum of CRC patients at pre- and post-surgery stages (pre-OP, usually the day before the planed R0 CRC resection, n = 14; d7, post-operative day 7, n = 14; d10, post-operative day 10, n = 3). This evidence concerns the gene EPCAM and colorectal carcinoma.