EPCAM and neoplasm: However, detailed analysis of the recurrence geneset in specific cell populations purified from primary CRC patient samples (tumor cells/EPCAM+, leukocytes/CD45+, endothelial cells/CD31+ and CAFs/FAP+)6 revealed that 99 out of the 2530 genes were upregulated in epithelial tumor cells compared to TME cells (Fig. 1a and Supplementary Table 2).