TYMP and colorectal carcinoma: TP is also known as platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor (PDECGF), a growth factor promoting angiogenesis, and increased PDECGF/TP is a prognostic factor for poor survival in CRC[95] that acts through the production of 2’-deoxyribose 1-phosphate from thymidine to promote chemotaxis of vascular endothelial cells[96].