The incidence of CD147 expression was: cancer of the liver 80% (n=20), lung 62% (n=90), stomach 66% (n=44), colon 58% (n=19), rectum 59% (n=17), breast 64% (n=1055), brain 90% (n=52), esophagus 87% (n=16), ovary 75% (n=40), urinary bladder 85% (n=41), skin (squamous cell carcinoma) 58% (n=41), larynx 85% (n=63), and kidney 73% (n=33), and 30% of sarcomas such as osteo, chondro- and fibrosarcoma (n=102). Here, BSG is linked to sarcoma.